...to prevent this, the federal judges are liable to impeachment. So, I answer, are the state judges. Prior to the adoption of the present constitution of the United States, the several states were sovereign and independent, and all administrative authority was vested in the...

...old government. The power of the government was also the same. A repeal of this charter at any time prior to the adoption of the present constitution of the United States, would have been an extraordinary and unprecedented act of power, but one which could have been contested...

...facts relative to the objects for which the said acts were passed by the respective States previous to the adoption of the present Constitution of the United States, and by which a duty of tonnage is laid on ships and vessels navigating the said rivers. It passed in the...

...but only gives them a preference over other creditors. This law of Pennsylvania was passed antecedent to the adoption of the present constitution of the United States, and when the state had her own court of admiralty, and directs that the libel Davis and another r. A New...

...old government. The power of the government was also the same. A repeal of this charter, at any time prior to the adoption of the present constitution of the United States, would have been an extraordinary and unprecedented act of power, but one which could have been contested...

...CONGRESS. 1778 MAY, 1798.] Naturalization Law. [H. opRin this country prior to the adoption of the prescot Constitution of the United States, and who were not...of 1795. might hereafter be naturalized, provided they have made the necessary declaration of their intention of becoming citizens. From the year 1795,...

...1793.] Naturalization Law. [H.orR, in this country prior to the adoption of the present Constituiion of the United States, and who were not naturalized...of 1795, might hereafter be naturalized, provided they have made the necessary declaration of their intention of becoming citizens. From the year 1795,...

...old government. The power of the government was also the same. A repeal of this charter at any time prior to the adoption of the present Constitution of the United States, would have been an extraordinary and unprecedented act of power, but one which could have been contested...

...have a retrospective effect on three de•criptions of persons, viz : all those aliens who were in this country prior to the adoption of the present...of 1795, might hereafter be naturalized, provided they have made the necestary declaration of their intention of becoming citizens. From the year 1795....

...have a retrospective effect on three descriptions of persons, viz : all those aliens who •were in this country prior to the adoption of the present...before the act of 1790 ; in the next place, it affects ell those who, under the law of 1790, might have been naturalized, and all those who, under the law...