Hunter v. United States · ¶115
The Court has never identified a source for its alleged general supervisory power to dictate to lower courts procedural rules not required by the Constitution, Congress, or the Federal Rules. Cf. United States v. Tsarnaev, 595 U. S. 302, 315, and n. 1 (2022). Like Justice Scalia, “I do not see the basis for any direct authority to supervise lower courts.” Bank of Nova Scotia v. United States, 487 U. S. 250, 264 (1988) (concurring opinion); see also Western Pacifc R. Corp. v. Western Pacifc R. Co., 345 U. S. 247, 273 (1953) (Jackson, J., dissenting) (describing “this Court's exercise of its vague supervisory powers over federal courts”). Instead, “the Constitution's structure cuts against, and history rules out, the proposition that the Supreme Court possesses inherent supervisory power over inferior court procedure.” A. Barrett, The Supervisory Power of the Supreme Court, 106 Colum. L.…Read in context ›
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