1Enclosure: Supreme Court Justices to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 18 February 1794 (Washington Papers)
The Chief Justice and the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, respectfully represent to the Congress of the United States, That their Representation communicated, last year, thro’ the President, to both Houses of Congress, and to which they refer; comprehended few other remarks than such as were suggested by the personal difficulties to which the Judges were...
2To George Washington from Supreme Court Justices, 8 August 1793 (Washington Papers)
We have considered the previous Question stated in a Letter written to us by your Direction, by the Secretary of State, on the 18th of last month. The Lines of Separation drawn by the Constitution between the three Departments of Government—their being in certain Respects checks on each other—and our being Judges of a court in the last Resort—are Considerations which afford strong arguments...
3To George Washington from the Supreme Court Justices, 9 August 1792 (Washington Papers)
Your official connection with the Legislature and the consideration that applications from us to them, cannot be made in any manner so respectful to Government as through the President, induce us to request your attention to the enclosed representation and that you will be pleased to lay it before the Congress. We really, Sir, find the burthens laid upon us so excessive that we cannot forbear...
4To George Washington from the Supreme Court Justices, 18 February 1794 (Washington Papers)
(Copy) Sir, Philadelphia 18th Feby 1794. Impressed with an opinion, that the most proper method of conveying the enclosed representation to Congress, is through the President of the United States; we take the liberty of transmitting it to you, and to request that you will be pleased to lay it before them. We have the honor to be, with perfect respect, Sir, Your most obedient, & most humble...
5To George Washington from the Supreme Court Justices, 20 July 1793 (Washington Papers)
We have taken into consideration the Letter written to us by your Direction, on the 18th Instant, by the Secretary of State. The Question “whether the public may with propriety be availed of the advice of the Judges, on the Questions alluded to?[”] appears to us to be of much Difficulty as well as Importance—as it affects the judicial Department, we feel a Reluctance to decide it, without the...