Article III, Section 2, Clause 2 of the US Constitution reads:

Question

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. In all the other 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.


Which of the following cases would fall under the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court?

(1 point)
Responses

Disputes between two or more states
Disputes between two or more states

Cases involving federal laws
Cases involving federal laws

Appeals from lower federal courts
Appeals from lower federal courts

Cases involving violations of the U.S. Constitution

Answer 1

The case that would fall under the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, as stated in Article III, Section 2, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution, is:

Disputes between two or more states.

This clause specifically grants the Supreme Court original jurisdiction in cases involving ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and cases where a state is a party. Disputes between states are included in this original jurisdiction category.