Title
[Document, 1801 March 21]
Library Location
Name
Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author)
Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
March 21, 1801
Language
English
Physical Description
2 pages
Subjects
United States--History--Constitutional period, 1789-1809; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
Does not believe the judiciary are erected to counsel the Executive any more than they are to give opinions to the legislature. In either case the judges would become embroiled in political controversies. Even if the judiciary should give an extra-judicial opinion, who can be said to constitute the judiciary - the judges of Common Please are equally entitled to the name as those of the Supreme Court. Also the Court of Errors is the court of last resort, and must be considered the judiciary even thought it is largely composed of State Senators.
Identifier
columbia.jay.00883