Title
[Document, 1790 ca. September 13]
Library Location
Name
Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author)
Washington, George, 1732-1799 (Addressee)
United States. Supreme Court (Author)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
ca. September 13, 1790
Language
English
Physical Description
5 pages
Subjects
United States--History--Constitutional period, 1789-1809; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
The Justices advance constitutional objections to Judiciary Act which makes Supreme Court justices also circuit court judges. This produces the situation in which the same men will sit in judgment on their own decisions. Cite constitutional provisions as limiting Supreme Court to appellate review, except in certain specified cases.
Identifier
columbia.jay.02698