Excerpt from Leading Cases on the Constitution of the United States: Arranged for Use in Government at Harvard University In its adjudication upon this question the Supreme Court supported the federal claim against the contention of The Doc Georgia. Although the judgment of the Court 321328 was delivered by John Jay, the Chief Justice, Wils Degreesn Degrees the reasons for the decision were formulated by Mr. Justice James Wilson, who had himself been one Of the leading members of the Constitutional Convention in 1787. Wilson maintained, in brief, that since the various states had formed themselves into a single nation for na tional purposes, Georgia had relinquished her sovereignty so far as her relations to the Union were concerned. The attitude Of the Court in this case gave strong support to 333 3133351 the national theory Of the Union as maintained 1798. By Alexander Hamilton, but the effect Of the decision was soon nullified by the action of the states in proposing and adopting the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution. This amendment, which went into effect in 1798, amounted virtually to the recall of a judicial decision. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.