Constitutional Law I

Since Congress established the lower federal courts, they can impliedly limit their scope of cases hearable.

Congress may limit the Supreme Court's appellate jurisdiction under Article II § 2 as long as it does not interfere with the court's essential function.

The essential function of the federal courts is to decide federal questions on appeal.

There is a right to appeal federal question cases to the Supreme Court, but not state law cases.

Story believed that federal question cases just had to be hearable in some federal court.