Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-12-17
SUPREME COURT-APPRLLATE u
R~ISDICTION. 4.

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Mr.. Trumbull reported from the Com
mittee oh {he Judiciary, the bill intro
dussd by Mr.. Sumner relating to the
appellate juriidiction of the Supreme
Court, with an amendment in the ma
ture of a substitute. The bill amended
is as follows:
A BILL defining the Jurisdiction of the
Courts in certain cases.
Be. it enacted, ETC., That under the
Constitution the judicial power of the
United States does not EN- brace politi-
cal power, or give to the judicial tribun-
ais any authority to question the dsci-
sions Of the political departments Of the
Government on political questions, and
il il hereby declared that all Courts Of
the United States in the administration
of Justice shall be bound by the deci-
sions Of the political departments Of tho
Government on political questions.
SECTION l. And be Il further enacted,
That it rests with Congrsis to decide
what government 10 the established one
in a State, and it is hereby, in accord.
ance with former legislation, declared
that no civil State government exists in
Virginia, Mississippi or Texas, and no
so.called civil State government in
| either OF said States shall be recognized
M a valid or legal State government
either BIZ tho executive or judicial power
or authority Of the United States until
| Congress shall 20 provide, or until such
| State government is represented in the
Congress of the United States and it is
hereby declared that the Act Of Con-
cress entitled An Act 10 provide for
tho more efficient government Of the
rebel States" passed March 2, 1867,
and the several Acts supplementary
thereto, are political in their char
ac,sr, tho propriety or validity
of which no judicial tribunal
is competent to question and
the Supreme Court OF the United States
i. hereby prohibited from entertaining
Jurisdiction of any case growing out OF
tho execution Of said acts in either of
said States until tho Senators and
Representatives. from such States shall
DO admitted into the Congress of the
United States, or Congress shall rccog-
nize such State government as valid;
and meanwhile all acts or parts OF nets
authorizing an appeal, writ OF error,
haseas corpus or other proceeding, to
bring before said Supreme Court for
review any case, civil or criminal, or
other proceedings arising out of the
execution Of said Act to provide for
more efficient government Of the rebel
States" and Of acts supplementary
thereto, OF which authorize an appeal
in any case from the judgment Of the
Circuit Court of the United States in a
habeas corpus proceeding to the Su-
preme Court, or which authorize the
Supreme Court to issue q writ of habeas
corpus or other writ to bring before it
for review any judgment Of n Circuit or
any other Court, or of any judge thereof
in o habeas corpus case on proceeding,
be and the same are hereby suspended,
and no law heretofore passed extending
the judicial system Of the United States
over any Of tho said rebel States shall
be construed to recognize any State
government existing therein until SEN
Stors aud Representatives from said
States shall be admitted into tho Con-
gress Of the United States, or Congress
shall recognize u State government
therein as velid, and the President i,
hereby directed to hold and proceed
with all prisoners held in said States by
military authority, without regard to
any civil proceeding or authority uhrt-