Whether the lower court's jurisdiction must be investigated and resolved if raised by a petitioning party

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I Whether this Honorable United States Supreme Court ‘must” investigate and resolve jurisdiction if raised by one of the petitioning partyGes) to the litigation? 0 Whether when jurisdiction is found wanting in the lower court which seeks to transfer jurisdiction to this Honorable court, the matter must be remanded back to the last court to have proper jurisdiction? . i Whether the absence of jurisdiction is sufficient to void all subsequent proceedings? Iv Whether the open challenge to jurisdiction requires the lower State Court forum to address jurisdiction prior to any other undertakings? Vv Whether the time is ripe in the proceedings for this Honorable United States Supreme Court to impose upon the States the mandatory substantive prohibitions of the 14* Amendment? iii