Multiple Choice. Article III, Section 2, Clause 2 of the US Constitution reads:

In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make.


Which of the following cases would fall under the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court?

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Cases involving federal laws
Cases involving federal laws

Cases involving violations of the U.S. Constitution
Cases involving violations of the U.S. Constitution

Appeals from lower federal courts
Appeals from lower federal courts

Disputes between two or more states

Disputes between two or more states