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To: servantoftheservant
Who, exactly, has ‘jurisdiction’ if a Federal Court doesn’t?

Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction. They only have the jurisdiction specifically granted to them by statute and the Constitution. There is no statute giving a district court the jurisdiction to hear Trump's lawsuit.

Trump's lawsuit relied on a series of lower-court cases recognizing an "exceptional," "anomalous" form of equitable jurisdiction to order the government to return property seized under a search warrant before any indictment. The 11st Circuit held that the factors courts have held necessary to support such jurisdiction were absent here.

10 posted on 12/12/2022 11:43:34 AM PST by The Pack Knight
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To: The Pack Knight

Thank you. What are the factors necessary to support such jurisdiction?


18 posted on 12/12/2022 8:32:31 PM PST by servantoftheservant
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