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Rule-making Power of the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court en banc promulgates Rule 19-E on Emergency Judicial Administration. Rule 19-E provides: (a) during a declared national emergency, civil actions filed in circuits with high caseloads may be temporarily reassigned to adjacent circuits with lighter dockets; (b) such reassignment may modify venue, transfer of records, and the order of trial, and shall be implemented only on objective criteria set by the Court; (c) Rule 19-E remains in effect for a period not exceeding 12 months and becomes part of the Rules of Court. A group of private litigants challenge Rule 19-E as imposing a substantive change in venue rights and beyond the Court’s rule-making power.   (a)Identify the controlling doctrine governing the Supreme Court's power to promulgate rules of court, especially as to pleading, practice and procedure, admission to the practice of law, and organization of the judiciary. (b)Assess whether Rule 19-E falls within the Court's rule-making power and explain why it is valid or invalid. (c)Discuss the potential impact of Rule 19-E on due process and access to justice.