Constitution > Article III > Section 2
Authorized Treaties Jurisdiction Clause/Treaties Clause
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 Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls;—to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction;—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.
Related Resources
- George Mason to Arthur Lee · recipient: Arthur Lee
- Charles Pinckney: "Observations On The Plan of Government Submitted to The Federal Convention, in Philadelphia, on the 28th of May, 1787"
- James Madison's Notes of the Constitutional Convention
- Draft Resolution by John Blair · recipient: John Blair
- Objections to the Constitution
- United States Constitution
The Constitution of the United States.
- Thomas Lloyds Notes of the Pennsylvania Ratification Convention
- Journal Notes of the Virginia Ratification Convention Proceedings
- Journal Notes of the Virginia Ratification Convention Proceedings
- Melancton Smith's Notes of the New York Ratification Convention Debates
- Amendments Proposed by the Virginia Convention
- Draft Structural Amendments to The Constitution
- Robert R. Livingston's Notes of the New York Ratification Convention Debates
- John McKesson's Notes of the New York Ratification Convention Debates
- Francis Childs' Notes of the New York Ratification Convention Debates
- Additional Articles of Amendments