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34 Cards in this Set
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william french smith
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amicus curiae
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rex lee
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solicitor general
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harrison gray otis
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federalist
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robert fulton
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steam boat
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successors in interests
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new jersey v wilson
contract (govt grants tax exemption to indian lands, lands sold, tax exemption remains) |
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new england land company
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bribery
fletcher v peck |
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collusion
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fletcher and peck both employees of new england land co
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closely held
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private
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original jurisdiction
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The court in which a matter must first be filed.
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cohen v virginia
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supremacy clause, overturned (criminal court)
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matthew lyon
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alien and sedition, ridiculed president, jailed, fined, political martyr
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justice samuel chase
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federalist, almost impeached
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justice of the peace
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wide jurisdiction on business and criminal matters, does not need to be lawyer
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strict contstruction
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literal interpretation
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captive market
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monopoly
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assumption of state debts at full par value
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$ for speculators
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checks and balance system
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separation of powers
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george clinton
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powerful new york governor, opposed constitution
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federalist papers
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alexander hamilton, john jay, james madison
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supreme court
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afterthought
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merchant class
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eastern seaports
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force act
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refusing paper money is felony
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entail
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excludes certain heirs, abolished
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british north american declaratory act of 1766
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total power
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boston massacre
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nobody cares
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governor hutchinson
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barely escapes stamp act riots
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william brennan
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individual rights
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currency act
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no paper money
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hearsay evidence
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allowed in vice admiralty courts
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jubilee
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every seven years all debts expunged
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common law
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precedent
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james 1, charles 1
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persecute puritans
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oliver cromwell
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puritan dictator
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madras
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indian textile industry, destroyed by british
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