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The effect has been to withhold from the inhabitants of the latter the advantages afforded (by the Supreme Court) to their fellow citizens in other States in the whole extent of the criminal and much of the civil authority of the Federal judiciary.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Jackson points out the disparities in judicial authority among states, advocating for equal access to the Federal judiciary.

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