The problematics of federal jurisdiction -- Supremacy and the supervisory power -- Article III courts and Article I tribunals -- The Supreme Court's power to supervise inferior federal courts -- The Supreme Court and the state courts -- Understanding the origins of Article I tribunals -- Preserving the Court's supremacy in relation to Article I tribunals -- Supremacy, inferiority, and Guantanamo Bay
Summary
In offering a general account of the Court as department head, Pfander takes up such important debates in the federal courts' literature as Congress's power to strip the federal courts of jurisdiction to review state court decisions, its authority to assign decision-making authority to state courts, and much more
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-275) and index
