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Word: redish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...create implies the power to regulate and even abolish. Moreover, the Constitution awards the Supreme Court complete appellate jurisdiction, "with such exceptions, and under such regulations as Congress shall make." Experts disagree on the import of this little-exercised grant of authority. Some agree with Northwestern Law Professor Martin Redish that "if Congress truly desires, it can do almost anything it wants to the jurisdiction of the lower courts or the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court." Many other experts, among them Cardozo Law School Professor Telford Taylor, argue that Congress cannot possess any power that would enable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Trying to Trim the U.S. Courts | 9/28/1981 | See Source »

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