In Re Green

Citations

134 U.S. 377
10 S. Ct. 586
33 L. Ed. 951
1890 U.S. LEXIS 1978

Syllabus

<p>The courts of a State have jurisdiction of an indictment for illegal vofing for electors of President and Vice President of the United States; and a person sentenced by a state court to imprisonment upon such an indict-meat cannot be discharged by writ of habeas corpus, although the indictment and sentence include illegal voting for a representative in Congress.</p>

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“Congress has never undertaken to interfere with the manner of appointing [members of the electoral college], or, where (according to the now general usage
speech made in the course of a government duty is not protected by the First Amendment

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Judges: Gray

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