Landmark+Supreme+Court+Cases

===Article III of the Constitution established the Supreme Court as the "highest law in the land." The Supreme Court has the final authority in any case involving the Constitution, acts of Congress, and treaties with other nations.=== The Supreme Court has both //**appellate jurisdiction**// and **//original jurisdisction//**. Original jurisdiction covers cases involving representatives of foreign governments and certain cases in which a state is a party. Under the courts appellate jurisdiction, the Court hears cases that are appealed from lower courts of appeals. It may hear cases that are appealed from the highests courts of a state in cases where claims under the federal law or Constitution are involved.