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Report of a Committee of the Legislature of Virginia, on the Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court over the case of Cohen v. Virginia, Jan. 9, 1821.

(CONCLUDED.)

Upon the whole, if the reasoning of the committee be correct, the conclusion is that no constitutional power resides in the federal authorities to make the state tribunals subordinate to, and controllable by, the supreme court of the United States.