What does it mean for Congress to “withdraw jurisdiction” from the Court and how has this power been used in the past?
What will be an ideal response?
Withdrawing jurisdiction means that Congress can withdraw the Court’s ability to review certain categories of cases, a power granted to it by the Constitution. Although Congress has threatened to withdraw jurisdiction for various types of cases (and these threats may sometimes impact Court behavior), it has actually been used only once. Radical Republicans used it after the Civil War to block the Court from reviewing military occupation/rule of the South.
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What will be an ideal response?