United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has jurisdiction over courts.
 A denial of a cert petition is not a judgment on the merits of a case, and the decision of the lower court stands as the case's final ruling
 Congress can pass legislation that restricts the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and other federal courts over certain topics and cases: this is suggested by language in Section 2 of Article Three, where the appellate jurisdiction is granted "with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make

