The US Supreme Court is the only federal court that hears cases involving disputes between the states.
According to Article III, Section 2, of the Constitution, the US Supreme Court, head of the Judicial Branch, has original jurisdiction over cases involving disputes between the states. At present, this power is exclusive to the Supreme Court.
Disputes between a state and the federal government usually begin in US District Court; disputes between individual states must be heard by the US Supreme Court, because they have original (first) and exclusive (only) jurisdiction over this class of case.
Ideally, they do - that is, ideally, the states and federal government work it out.
However, if this is impossible, it will end up being the Supreme Court that decides what the Constitution says on the matter.
U.S. District Courts
Legislative branch
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In the United States, the Supreme Court is vested with the power to settle disputes. The Supreme Court was established in Article III of the U.S. Constitution.
AnswerFederal Courts, as stated in Article III, Section 2 of the Constitution.
resolving disputes between states
is it the congress or the president,i think the obama president
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In the United States, the Supreme Court is vested with the power to settle disputes. The Supreme Court was established in Article III of the U.S. Constitution.
The Articles of Confederation had the power to settle disputes between states, but let the states make their own constitution/laws
Judicial Power
AnswerFederal Courts, as stated in Article III, Section 2 of the Constitution.
The US Supreme Court is the only federal court that hears cases involving disputes between the states.According to Article III, Section 2, of the Constitution, the US Supreme Court, head of the Judicial Branch, has original jurisdiction over cases involving disputes between the states. At present, this power is exclusive to the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court.
The United States Constitution, Article 3, Sections 2 states that the Supreme Court has the ". . . judicial power shall extend to all cases, in law and equity, arising under this Constitution, the laws of the United States, and treaties made, or which shall be made, under their authority;--to all cases affecting . . . to controversies to which the United States shall be a party;--to controversies between two or more states;--between a state and citizens of another state;--between citizens of different states;--between citizens of the same state claiming lands under grants of different states, and between a state, or the citizens thereof, and foreign states, citizens or subjects."Therefore, the Supreme Court has the power to settle disputes involving the United States.
The united states supreme court has the jurisdiction to settle disputes between states in the union. This might involve clarifying borders or use of river water, among other issues.
resolving disputes between states
The "interstate commerce clause" gives the federal government the power to regulate disputes between the states.
Article 3, section 2. supreme court