[Document, 1790 ca. September 13]
- 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