AMENDMENT:
Commission to revise judgement of Supreme Court
Amendment Details:
Date:
July 26, 1788
Type:
Const. Ratifying Conventions
State of Origin:
New York (NY)
Summary:
Commission to revise judgement of Supreme Court
Text:
That persons aggrieved by any judgment, sentence, or decree, of the Supreme Court of the United States, in any cause in which that court has original Jurisdiction, with such exceptions, and under such regulations, as the Congress shall make concerning the same, shall, upon application, have a commission, to be issued by the President of the United States to such men learned in the law as he shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate appoint, not less than seven, authorizing such commissioners, or any seven or more of them, to correct the errors in such judgment, or to review such sentence and decree, as the case may be, and to do justice to the parties in the premises.
Sponsor or Proponent:
New York State Ratifying Convention
Topics:
levjud - Structure of the courts appeal - Right to appeal judicial decisions
Record Source:
Elliot Jonathan (Editor). Debates in the Several State Conventions, on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, as Recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia, in 1787. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 327. Poughkeepsie Journal, Tuesday, July 29, 1788.
Cite As:
The Amendments Project, edited by Jill Lepore and Tobias Resch, 2023, https://amendmentsproject.org [Record Number rc_17880726new-bx, accessed 2023-08-21]. Record Source: [Elliot Jonathan (Editor). Debates in the Several State Conventions, on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, as Recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia, in 1787. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 327. Poughkeepsie Journal, Tuesday, July 29, 1788.]
