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allodial
05-08-15, 02:18 AM
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Note the case Hepburn v. Ellzey (https://casetext.com/case/hepburn-dundas-v-ellzey) is from 1803 and precedes the post-Civil-War Union. Here is one interesting and insightful excerpt from that case:


On the part of the plaintiffs it has been urged that Columbia is a distinct political society; and is therefore "a "state" according to the definitions of writers on general law.

This is true. But as the act of congress obviously uses the word "state" in reference to that term as used in the constitution, it becomes necessary to inquire whether Columbia is a state in the sense of that instrument. The result of that examination is a conviction that the members of the American confederacy only are the states contemplated in the constitution. Hepburn Dundas v. Ellzey 6 U.S. 445 (1805) (https://casetext.com/case/hepburn-dundas-v-ellzey)

This case makes it clear that at least two classes of "states" exist in connection with the American political framework. The District of Columbia is an example of a "federal state" (an organized territory?) that is not a de jure state of America.

Related terms: saving to suitors clause, diversity of jurisdiction, sovereignty, district-state, territory, plenary power, Government of the United States, municipal law.

shikamaru
06-15-15, 01:14 PM
So, is government creating classes while ascribing characteristics to those classes and the elements therein without notice?

xparte
06-15-15, 04:50 PM
Wards of distinction class actions ? smart ass sits down with AD MILITARY for lunch what is the ORDER the give me everything on MENU as i have no CLASS who offers the menu just presents a bill. The food COURT bon appetite

Chex
06-17-15, 01:34 PM
In the United States District Court for the District of Columbia aka 35.1.1.1 (08-11-2004)

Introduction

1.The United States Tax Court is established as a court of record under Article I (not an Article 3 court if it makes a difference) of the Constitution by section 7441 of the Internal Revenue Code.

The Tax Court’s jurisdiction is generally prescribed by section 7442, but specific grants of jurisdiction are interspersed throughout the Code.

The procedure under which the court operates is prescribed in sections 7451 through 7465. Pursuant to its statutory authority in section 7453, the court has promulgated Rules of Practice and Procedure under which it operates.

Except in proceedings conducted under sections 7436(c) and 7463, the rules of evidence applicable in the Tax Court are the rules of evidence applicable in trials without a jury in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Section 7453.

The specific Internal Revenue Code provisions conferring Tax Court jurisdiction are discussed in subsequent text.
http://www.irs.gov/irm/part35/irm_35-001-001.html

allodial
06-18-15, 12:47 AM
Tax Court ~= Court of the Exchequer.