BINGO! Bork is right again.
Check out this article.
It apparently is completely lost on most Americans (and that includes many Congressmen) that all federal courts except the Supreme Court are a creation of Congress. And what Congress createth, Congress can taketh away.
The Constitution created the Supreme Court and states that Congress "MAY" create lower courts. In other words -- if Congress so desired, they could do away with the whole darned federal judiciary, except the Supreme Court. What that ALSO means, is that they can expand or limit jurisdiction and as Judge Bork correctly points out, this happens with great frequency.
In fact, if Congress wanted to, they could create a special federal court JUST for Terry Schiavo - - just to rule on her case. There are tax courts, bankruptcy courts -- hey, why not a Terry Schiavo court?
What apparently has the Left's panties in a collective wad is the notion that "Life" might be discussed outside of their preferred domain -- the eminating in the microscopic penumbras of the "right to privacy doctrine." Got a lot goin' for it, but it ain't in the Constitution, folks.
There are a couple of bills pending in Congress -- languishing is more like it -- that would limit the jurisdiction of the courts. Long past time to pass these bills.

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