Mullin v. Doe · ¶105

Second, even if §1254a(b)(5)(A) were ambiguous, a judicial-review bar would raise no “serious constitutional question” in the first place. Weinberger, 422 U. S., at 762. Because inferior federal courts are creatures of statute, U. S. Const., Art. I, §8, cl. 9, they “possess no jurisdiction but what is given them by the power that creates them,” United States v. Hudson, 7 Cranch 32, 33 (1812); accord, Trainmen v. Toledo, P. & W. R. Co., 321 U. S. 50, 63–64 (1944) (explaining that Congress has “plenary control over the jurisdiction of the federal courts”). So, Congress has the authority to deprive district courts of jurisdiction to decide particular kinds of claims.

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