http://www.oyez.org/cases/1851-1900/1868/ U.S. Supreme Court Decisions, presented by The Oyez Project (www.oyez.org) en-us <p>May the Congress withdraw jurisdiction from the High Court after that jurisdiction has been given?</p><p>The Court, speaking through Chase, validated congressional withdrawal of the Court's jurisdiction. The basis for this repeal was the exceptions clause of Article III Section 2. But Chase pointedly reminded his readers that the 1868 statute repealing jurisdiction "does not affect the jurisdiction which was previously exercised."</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1851-1900/1868/1868_2/ <p>Was Texas a state in the union eligible to seek redress in the Supreme Court? Could Texas constitutionally reclaim the bonds?</p><p>In a 5-to-3 decision, the Court held that Texas did indeed have the right to bring suit and that individuals such as White had no claim to the bonds in question. The Court held that individual states could not unilaterally secede from the Union and that the acts of the insurgent Texas legislature--even if ratified by a majority of Texans--were "absolutely null." Even during the period of rebellion, however, the Court found that Texas continued to be a state.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1851-1900/1868/1868_0/