I suppose. but suppose they pass no law touching this matter. then where is the right to have it reviewed in the higher courts in the State ? But not only that. we are providing for a imiform system of bankruptcy. and we give the power now. for review ha the highest corts of eacit State. but there is no power on earth to have the decisions of the highest State courts reviewed in the highest court of the Federal Government. and what becomes of your uniformity then I? It~has been suggested that these State courts have administered the naturalization laws. *So they have. but there is a very great difference between that provision and what is proposed by the Senater. The Constitution provides that Congress shall have power "to establish a uniform rule of natiralizationY It provides that Congress shall have power "to establish uniform laws on the subject of bankrupteies throughout the United States." So far as the administration of the naturalization laws is concerned there is no judicial power exercised within the meaning of the Constitution. That power might le conferred uponi a commissioner. There is ao jury trial. there is no step or proceeding that at all approximates or assi ilates to a trial by jury or a trial in.coulrt. and that power. therefore. might be conferred upon at commissioner just as well as on a judge. and the judge acts s a judge and not as a court.
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