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re ey ae A 5 el ems Pi et ate Septet as ce re mm ees cae mos ce | . r¢@) ; 9 A BILL To improve the administration of justice by reducing the obligatory appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, permit- ting the Court greater discretion in selecting the case to be heard by it and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Supreme Court Jurisdiction Act of 1978". SEC. 2. Section 1252 of title 28, United States Code, is repealed. SEC. 3. Section 1254 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by deleting subsection (2), by redesignating subsection (3) as subsection (2) and by deleting "appeal;" from the title. SEC. 4. Section 1257 of title 28, United States Code, is semen Ae A te weet ae fel lessee AUS Nae LO Fed aoe L40LiOWs "§1257. State courts; certiorari. Final judgments or decrees rendered by the. highest court of a State in which a decision could be had, may be reviewed by a meaaeet ther ere th Af nevtinveveyt phases the wattiAatte ar iS eae Rt ay WEE Ge LPL LULL WIE LI vd Sty We statute of the United States is drawn in question or where the validity of a State statute is drawn in question on the ground of its being repugnant to the Constitution, treaties or laws of O2.275 5 V5