LEADER 04491oam 2200517 450 001 9910782018303321 005 20170523091607.0 010 $a1-281-56988-7 010 $a9786611569884 010 $a1-57607-842-6 035 $a(OCoLC)243596858 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL3MKF 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000533687 100 $a20080228d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aJay and Ellsworth, the first courts $ejustices, rulings and legacy /$fMatthew P. Harrington 210 $aSanta Barbara, Calif. $cABC-CLIO, Inc.$d2008 210 1$aSanta Barbara, Calif. :$cABC-CLIO, Inc.,$d2008. 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 309 pages) 225 1 $aABC-CLIO Supreme Court handbooks 300 $aDescription based on print version record. 311 $a1-57607-841-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 287-295) and index. 327 $a""Jay and Ellsworth, The First Courts: Justices, Rulings and Legacy""; ""Contents""; ""Series Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""1 The Supreme Court in the Early Republic""; ""Creating the Court""; ""What Kind of Court?""; ""Federal Court Jurisdiction""; ""The Ratification Debates""; ""The First Judiciary Act""; ""Opening for Business""; ""The Federalist Era""; ""Domestic Tensions and the Rise of Political Parties""; ""Foreign Relations""; ""The Alien and Sedition Acts""; ""The Election of 1800 and the End of an Era""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""2 The Justices"" 327 $a""George Washingtona???s Appointments""""Washingtona???s Selection Criteria""; ""The Justices""; ""John Jay (1789)""; ""John Rutledge (1789)""; ""William Cushing (1789)""; ""Robert H. Harrison (1789)""; ""John Blair, Jr.""; ""James Wilson""; ""James Iredell (1789)""; ""Thomas Johnson (1791)""; ""William Paterson (1793)""; ""Samuel Chase (1796)""; ""Oliver Ellsworth (1796)""; ""John Adams Appointments""; ""Bushrod Washington (1798)""; ""Alfred Moore (1799)""; ""Nominations and Appointments""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""3 Cases and Controversies""; ""Securing Judicial Independence"" 327 $a""The Circuit Riding Controversy""""Advisory Opinions""; ""Judicial Review and the Separation of Powers""; ""Judicial Review of Federal Legislation""; ""Judicial Review of State Legislation""; ""Federala???State Relations""; ""Suits Against States""; ""Review of State Court Decisions""; ""Revenue and Commerce""; ""Protecting the Revenue: Whiskey Rebels and Friesa??? Rebellion""; ""The American Law of Admiralty ,""; ""Foreign Relations""; ""The Great British Causes""; ""The Neutrality Controversy""; ""Jaya???s Treaty and the Quasi-War""; ""Criminal Law""; ""The Common Law of Crimes"" 327 $a""The Alien and Sedition Acts""""References and Further Reading""; ""4 Legacy and Impact""; ""The Supreme Courta???s Role in the New Frame of Government""; ""Advisory Opinions""; ""The Grand Jury and the Political Charge""; ""Judicial Review""; ""Judicial Review of State Legislation""; ""Judicial Review of Acts of Congress""; ""Federalism and State Sovereignty""; ""Suits Against States""; ""Conclusion""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""Selected Documents""; ""Key People, Laws, and Events""; ""Chronology""; ""List of Cases""; ""Glossary""; ""Annotated Bibliography""; ""Index"" 327 $a""About the Author"" 330 $aWhen the Supreme Court was established in 1789, no other country had a judicial body quite like it. The early justices struggled to give definition to such concepts as ""judicial review"" and ""separation of powers."" The early court approached its role in ways that would be startling today, often using its power to support the new government rather than merely serving as an independent arbiter. The Jay-Ellsworth Courts were the first to take up the role of interpreting the constitution, and their approach influenced constitutional debates for the next two centuries. Clearly, this is a boo 410 0$aABC-CLIO Supreme Court handbooks. 606 $aConstitutional law$zUnited States 606 $aJudges$zUnited States$vBiography 615 0$aConstitutional law 615 0$aJudges 676 $a347.73/2609 700 $aHarrington$b Matthew P$01490924 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782018303321 996 $aJay and Ellsworth, the first courts$93712410 997 $aUNINA