The Judicial Branch- State Jurisdiction

The United States Constitution, Third Article, Section Two, State Jurisdiction
"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."
Nelson, Gabriel. "Supreme Court to Consider Revisiting 1922 Great Lakes Water Diversion Case." New York Times. 22 Apr. 2010. Web. 09 May 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/04/22/22greenwire-supreme-court-to-consider-revisiting-1922-grea-60249.html

The Third Article of the United States Constitution establishes the Judicial Branch, and more importantly the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court is the highest Judicial body and is the leader of said government branch. The Third Article is important because it instills a level of authority that oversees a whole country and has come over some very important cases through its history. The Justices are usually nominated by the President then accepted or rejected with the consent of the United States Senate.

This article relates to a problem in the Great Lakes and surrounding areas, it is about how some states are worried about how Illinois is making itself the state in charge of Lake Michigan when there are other states that have direct connection with Lake Michigan. Many of the states are worried about how Illinois is treating said Lake and they are also worried about the Asian Carp population and how this will affect the natural wild life of the Lake's Habitat and how other invasive species might come to invade. This is going to be taken to the Supreme Court and be tried under one of the Supreme Court's responsibilities which is State Jurisdiction, or basically problems between states. This shows that the constitution is living and in action because the Supreme Court is the high judicial body as outlined by the Constituion and the State Jurisdiction cases still fall to the Supreme Court.

I think this is a very important issue becuause us Chicagoans primary water source is Lake Michigan and if we destroy the natural habitat or disturb the process that it has now there might be crticical effects in the future such as an impact to the fishing industry, which it states to the article. I think that we should be responsible for what we create and not just take the easy way out to avoid years of difficult recovery. I think that if we take care of Lake Michigan and surrounding water ways and Lakes it will have a generally positive result.