The actual text of Article III says, In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a state shall be party, the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction.”
Why would that not apply to Trump suing the State of NY for violating his 14th Amendment right to due process?
“The actual text of Article III says, In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a state shall be party, the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction.
Why would that not apply to Trump suing the State of NY for violating his 14th Amendment right to due process?”
I’ve wondered that myself. But it doesn’t. Practically speaking, there would be hundreds of thousands of cases a year before the Supreme Court if all cases against a State went right to the Supreme Court. My best guess is that it’s been interpreted to ALLOW but not REQUIRE the Supreme Court to have jurisdiction in those matters.
Cases involving ambassadors and public ministers don’t go right to the SCOTUS either. Only State vs. State goes right to the SCOTUS today.