The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme
Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from
time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme
and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour,
and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation,
which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.
1. | William Blackstone, Commentaries 1:259--60; 3:23--24, 1765 1768 |
2. | Declaration of Independence, 4 July 1776 |
3. | Delaware Declaration of Rights and Fundamental Rules, sec. 22, 11 Sept. 1776 |
4. | Virginia Constitution of 1776 |
5. | Maryland Constitution of 1776, ART. 40 |
6. | Massachusetts Constitution of 1780, CH. 3, ARTS. 1, 2 |
7. | Records of the Federal Convention |
8. | Debate in Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention, 4, 11 Dec. 1787 |
9. | Federal Farmer, no. 15, 18 Jan. 1788 |
10. | Brutus, no. 15, 20 Mar. 1788 |
11. | Alexander Hamilton, Federalist, no. 78, 521--30, 28 May 1788 |
12. | Alexander Hamilton, Federalist, no. 79, 531--34, 28 May 1788 |
13. | House of Representatives, The Judiciary, 29, 31 Aug. 1789 |
14. | John Jay, Draft of Letter from Justices of the Supreme Court to George Washington, 15 Sept. 1790 |
15. | James Wilson, Government, Lectures on Law, 1791 |
16. | John Jay et al., Letters on Reorganization of the Supreme Court, 1792 |
17. | Kentucky Constitution of 1799, ART. 4, SEC. 3 |
18. | John Jay to John Adams, 2 Jan. 1801 |
19. | Respublica v. Passmore |
20. | Alexander Hamilton, The Examination, no. 6, 2 Jan. 1802 |
21. | Senate, Judiciary System, Jan. 1802 |
22. | Alexander Hamilton, The Examination, no. 12, 23 Feb. 1802 |
23. | Alexander Hamilton, The Examination, no. 13, 27 Feb. 1802 |
24. | An Act to Repeal Certain Acts respecting the Organization of the Courts |
25. | Alexander Hamilton, The Examination, no. 16, 19 Mar. 1802 |
26. | St. George Tucker, Blackstone's Commentaries 1:App. 350--61; 4:App. 23--30, 1803 |
27. | Stuart v. Laird |
28. | William Cranch, Preface |
29. | An Act concerning Contempts of Court, 3 Apr. 1809 |
30. | Yates v. Lansing |
31. | House of Representatives, Removal of Judges, 31 Jan. 1811 |
32. | Dupy v. Wickwise |
33. | United States v. Jacobson |
34. | Edward Livingston, System of Penal Laws, tit. 5, C. 11, 51--52, 1824 |
35. | William Rawle, A View of the Constitution of the United States 199--201, 274--80 1829 (2d ed.) |
36. | An Act Declaratory of the Law concerning Contempts of Court |
37. | Livingston v. Moore |
38. | Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution 3:§§ 1568--71, 1574--78, 1583--84, 1591, 1593, 1601--21, 1627, 1629--30, 1833 |
39. | Ex parte Poulson |
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