Question

Suppose two people who live in adjoining states are having a land dispute. identify the article of the constitution that addresses the issue, and explain how it addresses the problem

Answer 1

In Article 3, Section 2, Clause 1. It states the following:

"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."

This article addresses who will preside over the dispute and help the parties involved on where they will file their cases.