So does Obama. That doesn't make it Constitutional. At least some of it is usurpation.
Asking me whether I've read Article III is juvenile. And then telling me that the Court has jurisdiction over cases involving Ambassadors, even though it says this in the Constitution borders on stupid. Do you know of any USSC cases involving Ambassadors?
And did you miss this:
In all the other [i.e. except ones involving Ambassadors] Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make.In other words, the Congress has the power to tell the Supreme Court to butt out of any case or issue they want it to butt out of. It's not even clear whether the President gets a say in these "exceptions." (Cute too that such "regulations" were to be made by Congress, not the Executive.)
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My point was that SCOTUS doesn’t just hear cases regarding laws that Congress passed. The Constitution gives them appellate jurisdiction over EVERYTHING - every case that arises from the laws and/or Constitution are within the jurisdiction of SCOTUS.
What regulations has Congress made regarding what cases the Supreme Court has appellate jurisdiction over? When has Congress passed a law saying that the judiciary has no jurisdiction in Presidential eligibility cases? I’d have to read up on this, but I suspect that the exceptions that Congress is authorized to make is to give SCOTUS original jurisdiction (rather than just appellate jurisdiction) in some instances so the final outcome would be expedited - not to tell SCOTUS they can’t decide certain cases, which seems to me like it would be a violation of equal protection and due process.
I’ve been saying that it is the JUDICIARY that is supposed to decide all cases and controversies arising out of the Constitution and laws. That’s what Article III says. Some of those go straight to SCOTUS; others only get to SCOTUS through appeals. Either way, it is the judiciary that has the responsibility of deciding all kinds of cases - because they are the people both equipped and authorized to interpret the Constitution.
Article III, Section 2 starts out like this:
“The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority...”