28 USC § 3904 - Expedited review of certain appeals

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title: "28 USC § 3904 - Expedited review of certain appeals"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "3904"
section_name: "Expedited review of certain appeals"
chapter_number: 179
chapter_name: "JUDICIAL REVIEW OF CERTAIN ACTIONS BY PRESIDENTIAL OFFICES"
part_number: "VI"
part_name: "PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 104–331, § 3(c), Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4070.)"
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# § 3904. Expedited review of certain appeals

**(a)** **In General.—** An appeal may be taken directly to the Supreme Court of the United States from any interlocutory or final judgment, decree, or order of a court upon the constitutionality of any provision of chapter 5 of title 3.

**(b)** **Jurisdiction.—** The Supreme Court shall, if it has not previously ruled on the question, accept jurisdiction over the appeal referred to in subsection (a), advance the appeal on the docket, and expedite the appeal to the greatest extent possible.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 104–331, § 3(c), Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4070.)

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