Congress expands Supreme Court review to overturn state-court rulings it opposes
Evidence
An example of the former is a law enacted in 1914 that empowered the Supreme Court to review all state rulings that relied on federal law. Congress’s action was in response to Ives v. South Buffalo Railway, in which New York’s supreme court ruled that the state’s workmen’s compensation act (the first in the nation) violated the federal Constitution. Because most members of Congress favored such legislation and believed it constitutional, they wanted the Supreme Court to be able to overturn constraints placed on state legislatures by state courts. The congressional enactment ensured that state courts could not restrict state power on federal constitutional grounds further than the Supreme Court authorized. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 260
Categorization
- XREF: Directly relevant to the course theme of competing values and interbranch oversight; ties to the study of judicial review and federalism. — connects to: Congress expands federal jurisdiction in response to political and caseload pressures — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 259; Congress grants federal courts concurrent and limited jurisdiction rather than full constitutional reach — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 245; Congress defines federal court jurisdiction within constitutional limits — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 240 (+1 more)
Broader Connections
- Congress defines federal court jurisdiction within constitutional limits
#qualifies(0.80) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 240 - Congress grants federal courts concurrent and limited jurisdiction rather than full constitutional reach
#qualifies(0.75) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 245 - Congress expands federal jurisdiction in response to political and caseload pressures
#expands(0.72) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 259 - Justices may grant review to correct lower court rulings they oppose.
#qualifies(0.72) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1530