The federal enclave of Wisconsin is admitted as a free State into the voluntary Union. This brings the balance, in the Senate, of free States and slave States to 15 free and 14 slave—excluding the federal enclave of Ohio. Article I, Section 3 of its Constitution states: “In all criminal prosecutions or indictments for libel … the [J]ury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact.”
[updated 3/20/2022]
Of course; this is the reason why Trial by Jury is a requirement of the Constitution. Juries have the supreme power to nullify bad statutes, if the statute’s execution would, in the jury’s opinion, render an injustice. –– JL
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Magna Carta, Chapter 39
ccc-2point0.com/magna_carta
Article IV, Section 3 [Clause 1]
ccc-2point0.com/constitution-for-the-united-states
Article VI of Amendment
ccc-2point0.com/constitution-for-the-united-states
References:
“Articles,” FIJActivist, Winter/Spring 1999, 33.
Wisconsin Constitution of, Article I. Section 3
www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/unannotated_wisconst.pdf
Constitutions of the Several states
www.thegreenpapers.com/slg/constitution.phtml?format=adopted
List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_date_of_admission_to_the_Union
Current U.s. National Debt:
