However, it may act only within the context of a case in an area of law over which it has jurisdiction. It is also able to strike down presidential directives for violating either the Constitution or statutory law. It has ultimate and largely discretionary appellate jurisdiction over all federal and state court cases that involve a point of federal law, and original jurisdiction over a narrow range of cases, specifically "all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party." The court holds the power of judicial review, the ability to invalidate a statute for violating a provision of the Constitution. The Supreme Court of the United States ( SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. Specialty lists All nominations Unsuccessful nominations Justices who served in Congress Burial places of justices
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