The decision argued that the body in question lacked the original jurisdiction under the Constitution, given to it under Section 13 of the Judiciary Act of 1789, to issue a writ of mandamus, which its author had entrusted to his brother to deliver while Secretary of State to the plaintiff, appointed as one of John Adams'smidnight judges'

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1. The decision argued that the body in question lacked the original jurisdiction under the Constitution, given to it under Section 13 of the Judiciary Act of 1789, to issue a writ of mandamus, which its author had entrusted to his brother to deliver while Secretary of State to the plaintiff, appointed as one of John Adams'smidnight judges'