what cases does the supreme court have original jurisdiction over?
The Supreme Court
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 Original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court 

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 The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case on October 4 , 2000 , issuing its decision four months later . 

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 The Supreme Court of the United States , under Chief Justice Roger B. Taney ( 1836 – 1864 ) , issued several important decisions on the status of aboriginal title in the United States , building on the opinions of aboriginal title in the Marshall Court . 

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 What the U.S. Supreme Court actually said was : 

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 The case considers whether the United States Congress may pass legislation preventing the Supreme Court from hearing the case of an accused combatant before his military commission takes place , whether the special military commissions that had been set up violated federal law ( including the Uniform Code of Military Justice and treaty obligations ) , and whether courts can enforce the articles of the 1949 Geneva Convention . 
