From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #9193 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Saturday, June 25 2022 Volume 14 : Number 9193 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [FLASH ALERT] WINNER item inside ["Joe Sanderson" Subject: [FLASH ALERT] WINNER item inside [FLASH ALERT] WINNER item inside http://accelebra.za.com/CW-2CAIcYTCJDfDdPHeoiXqM7cnYHhQhYmMj55bqmE7KITEdTQ http://accelebra.za.com/wxv8j8y4BqTTL1EBkD77j0nWu053v4wSGN_EPOMzpSc8qSHLQg er Chief Justices Jay, Rutledge, and Ellsworth (1789b1801), the court heard few cases; its first decision was West v. Barnes (1791), a case involving procedure. As the court initially had only six members, every decision that it made by a majority was also made by two-thirds (voting four to two). However, Congress has always allowed less than the court's full membership to make decisions, starting with a quorum of four justices in 1789. The court lacked a home of its own and had little prestige, a situation not helped by the era's highest-profile case, Chisholm v. Georgia (1793), which was reversed within two years by the adoption of the Eleventh Amendment. The court's power and prestige grew substantially during the Marshall Court (1801b1835). Under Marshall, the court established the power of judicial review over acts of Congress, including specifying itself as the supreme expositor of the Constitution (Marbury v. Madison) and making several important constitutional rulings that gave shape and substance to the balance of power between the federal government and states, notably Martin v. Hunter's Lessee, McCulloch v. Mar ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #9193 **********************************************