Evening star., 1948-01-18
Civic Problems, Civic Bodies
Columbia's Status and Vital Rights;
Views of Courts and Elder Statesmen
By Jesse c. suter


the and the electors of President and
national representation Of the National
As hs ssP the o shs
shall be BY the ,
the Senate and House Of the United States
also the right sue ana ss sued IN the the United states
sea5s anss m m n 1921 On behalf Of the Citizens Joint
Quoting further creation Of the Federal District under
s to
from conflicting Jurisdiction where could be
experience Congress 1858 phladpha capital
the suggestion Of State capital the future seat
M treated as M
was decision hostile to the thought that future
their justified it. representation in the National and
The negation by the Nation and by the
m the s. the a such , ws
local given the residents the District took the place
the Mat m NJ the the District
as Individual p American " a' t'
ss the % yad ns the s % s %
Government and Its citizens hinges whether Columbia
sis state State d the
thereof are the citizens of State.
Of Rights in Courts.
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citizen the District Columbia citizen State within
support
state the the plaintias
definitions writer's law true But the act Of
word State in term
s Of The n
the Contemplated in the Constitution When the same @ term
legislative also
the judicial must be understood retaining
passages Constitution by
But the passages quoted they do not
1T is true that citizens Of the United States and Of that
extraordinary that the Of the States which are open
ne a to @ @ s state for M na should Id ossd
Representation.
The syllabus in the case of Loughborough vs. Blake Wheat ST
Columbia in proportion to the census directed to be taken by the
The levy and collect duties po and
% o with the Of the United
whatsoever within the District Columbia includes the
In the handing down the unanimous opinion the court
theory. congenial spirit
our admit from the District it may
and certainly the Constitution consider their want OF
IF spirit Constitution
a must us he be by the right
Disr II the principles liberty Constitution forbid
principles forbid the raising duties mpos excuses ys
case, forgotten, neither stamp
hs not on m ow 5 e e to een the the
ordinary revenue system ="
N C..
syllabus the 25s 26e 1880
"A citizen of land the District Columbia
by descent from a citizen of the United States.
power
be afforded citizens Of foreign country owning property this
country and to the manner that property be transferred devised
inherited.
political community the
States of the Union within the of that used
February
held: reciprocity
would be necessary hold that by State OF the Union meant all
political communities exercising legislative
embracing those political communities which constitute the
United communities which constitute the political
bodies known Territories and the District of Columbia
might be quoted these headings but the
information would be largely cumulative.
Marshall Laymen Viewpoint
Regarding opinion
Ezey in which held that District Columbia citizens
appears the
in the enactment Of Gwynne the Federal
value that portion which stated that Ih
subject legislative judicial
continue
versatile Chief Justice should line in
the Federal Courts the mind
Constitution of the United States ordained and esa
appear that doubts techncay
the idea strengthened
decision residents the Federal
thereby vital legal rights the citizens of the
sovereign states their citizens and subjects
rights citizens the Federal District would be
valuable to them and harmful to
Elder Statesmen's Views in the State Conventions
Sunday quoted of the views
by 18th century statesmen In State conventions where
the proposed ratification There
continued more of such interesting extracts
the South Carolina Legislature in 1788 Mr. BarnweH said "A suit
necessary what the Why
the citizen his oppo
and unrelated he stands
tons the greater part OF his judges 1t In this case and only