Under Article VI, Congress creates the lower federal courts (and so can limit those courts' jurisdiction); the Supreme Court has explicit "original jurisdiction

Under Article VI, Congress creates the lower federal courts (and so can limit those courts' jurisdiction); the Supreme Court has explicit "original jurisdiction" (i.e., it's a trial court) in a very-limited number of types of case, and for appeals, the [Supreme] Court's power can be limited by Congress under the Exceptions and Regulations Clause. https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48250 https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48250 https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/article-3/section-2/clause-2/exceptions-clause-and-congressional-control-over-appellate-jurisdiction https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/article-3/sec...