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- 4 _ ' ; -_. -' has been given, by the Constitution, power to curtail or limit the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. This is the approach which is embodied The right of appeal to the Supreme Court is not a constitutional right. Ho man has A constitutional right to more than one trial. Due process does not require th _-gment of more than one court. any appeal procedure is a matter of grace, not of right. Congress has conveyed upon the Supreme Court the appellate power which it has, and Congress can cm"tail or limit that power. My bill proposes to limit the appellate power of the Supreme Court in five respects. These limitations are set forth in the bill in five subparagraphs, beginning on page 2. Let me discuss each of them briefly, and refer briefly to the area in which each is expected to operate, with particular reference to the recent Supreme Court decisions which in my judgment make these limitations necessary. The subparagraphnumbered ! involves the investigative power of