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the officers argued that they could not be sued un- der the statute because their actions violated state law and were therefore not taken “under color
last resort, whether the compact made by them be violated; and consequently, that, as the parties to it, they must themselves decide, in the last
President had, without such a bill, full power; and if he had the power to order all these acts, then there is no remedy for anybody. A remedy exists
2014. For all the heated disputes over their constitutionality, there ought to be universal agreement on the question of litigation timing. The
national government. If the U.S. government could not provide them with a valid claim to their property, they would surely be interested in some
equal with the same limited power to make and apply the law, then everyone can protect themselves from abusive legislation by expressing their
good reason to deny them. A general preference for damages is not a reason unless there is a reason for the preference. Judges act on these
acquired by the citizen under the existing law, there is no power in any branch of the government to take them away; but where they are held contrary to
American flag (thereby evading capture by the British), and then change their colors to those of another nation once slaves were actually taken onboard
sovereign immunity are well known. But the problem with these cases, if there is one, is in their historical particulars, not in their failure to