Blog #2

The judicial powers of the US Supreme Court extend to issues dealing with common law, equity, civil law, criminal law, and public law.  The cases under the Supreme Court's jurisdiction include cases about Constitution laws or treaties, admiralty and maritime, the United States is a party, controversies between people of different states, two or more states, state and citizen of different state, citizens of the same state claiming land of a different state, a state or citizens against a foreign states' citizen, and ambassadors or public ministers.  Their power comes from the Constitution and the Supreme Law of the Land.