That court has decided that there resides in the other departments of the Government a power vast. ill defined. susceptible of abuse. liable to be perverted to purposes of passion. For that very reason I call for a revision of the statutes by which that political and administrative power has been put into operation. Th Supreme Court of the United States in substance has decided that. so far as the Chinese in this country are concerned. the question of their disposition. remaining here. deportation. exile. banishment. punishment. whatever you may call it. is entirely and exclusively a matter of political administration. that no sanction of personal rightsuch personal rights as are enjoyed by uscan be invoked by them in the courts for their protection. Formerly there was a vague and general idea concerning the execution of this law. that somewhere. somehow. by certiorari. writof error. habeas corpus. or in some way. rights abused. or rights misused. or wrongs perpetrated. could be rectified by the courts in proceedings under this statute. But that is not to be.
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