Federal Jurisdiction

Question 1

SCRAM if you don’t have a justiciable claim:

Answer 1

S- standing
C- case or controversy
R- ripeness 
A- abstention
M- mootness

Question 2

Diversity and supplemental jurisdiction require federal courts to apply state law for PIPS

Answer 2

P- privileges
I- incompetency
P- presumptions and inferences
S- statute of limitations

Question 3

Look at VCR to see the execution for the mootness doctrine:

Answer 3

V- a voluntary change in position, but not permanently

C- a class action

R- capable of repetition doctrine

Question 4

Apply MRS C rules when someone challenges a state law:

Answer 4

M- mootness
R- ripeness
S- standing

C- case or controversy

Question 5

“Arising under” jurisdiction a.k.a. “Federal question” jurisdiction is found in a CAT

Answer 5

C -US constitution

A- Acts of congress

T- Treaties