The third Article in the constitution laid down the law for the Judicial power in the United States. Section 1 explained that in the United States, the power of judgement will lie in "one sumpreme Court" and other smaller courts in which Congress will later establish. Section 1 also says that judges will hold their position as long as they have good behavior while on the stand, and they will be compensated for it.
Section 2 of this article shows to which the extent the laws reach. This section says that the Judicial power reaches to all cases which have to do with "Law and Equity, arising under this Constituion,..." Not only does the Judicial power rule over common casses but cases of Ambassadors, public ministers, Consuls, Admiral and Maritime cases, and even State versus State or people versus State cases. Basically section 2 is stating that the Judicial Power reaches to all facets of the nation. It also says that in all trails of Crimes except Impeachment, there should be a Jury present, and the trail should be held in the state in which the Crime was commited. Unless the Crime was commited in no state, then the Congress will decide where the case will be held.
Section 3 of this article speaks of Treason and says its definition is "levying War against them [The US], or in adhering to their Enemis, giving them Aid and Comfort." This section says that no person can be convicted unless there are two witnesses of the act or there is a confession in front of the court. The Congress is said to make the punishment for treason and them alone.
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