US CODE TITLE 18
Definitions
LII / U.S. Code / Title 18PART II / CHAPTER 207 / § 3156
… is in violation of an Act of Congress and is triable in any court established by Act
of Congress; (3) the term “felony” means an offense punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of more than one
18 U.S. Code § 4001 - Limitation on detention; control of prisons
- No
citizen shall be imprisoned or otherwise detained by the United States except pursuant to an Act of Congress.
Using Boggs as a prime example here, Boggs was indicted, tried, and convicted without the plaintiff ever having to put any evidence on the record as to the jurisdiction of the court [Act of Congress]
When Boggs was pursuing the plaintiff in court to put the jurisdiction on the record, the plaintiff did not have to answer. The judge, on the other hand, intervened and said, this court has jurisdiction pursuant to 18 §3231, which states:
The district courts of the United States shall have original jurisdiction, exclusive of the courts of the States, of all offenses against the laws of the United States.
Nothing in this title shall be held to take away or impair the jurisdiction of the courts of the several States under the laws thereof.
In reviewing 18 §3231 historical notes, we find:
The language of said
section 588d of title 12, U.S.C., 1940 ed., which related to bank robbery, or killing or kidnapping as an incident thereto (see section 2113, of this title), and which read “Jurisdiction over any offense defined by sections 588b and 588c of this title shall not be reserved exclusively to courts of the United States” was omitted as adequately covered by this section.