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Star Member Eliot Rosewater (30,183 posts)https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217794743Question for lawyers, can any conviction of any court of any jurisdiction be overturned by the USSupreme Court?I fear the answer.
Star Member elleng (123,081 posts) 1. No,courts must have JURISDICTION of matters they handle, and Jurisdiction is peculiar to each MATTER.
Ronwhynowhy (3 posts) 6. State doesn't matterThe Supreme Court has jurisdiction over the entire US including state cases and even civil cases if they so chooseThey can rule on any matter of law in the US
Marius25 (1,856 posts) 17. No they can't.It has to be a Constitutional issue that reaches the State (and usually Circuit) appellate courts.The Supreme Court has no authority to disagree with the New York Criminal Court and demand they overturn the conviction.
Ronwhynowhy (3 posts) 22. Sure they doThe Supreme Court frequently overturns state lawsMost of their cases start from state lawsI dont know what you meanThey can absolutely tell New York no
Star Member Brother Buzz (33,626 posts) 14. So, did we, like, throw the Tenth Amendment out the window?Tenth AmendmentThe powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.