The federal Court for the District of Pennsylvania decides Van Horne’s Lessee v. Dorrance: State statutes that are in conflict with their constitutions are unlawful.

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Pennsylvania Constitution of 1790, Article IX, Section I
www.paconstitution.org/texts-of-the-constitution/1790-2/

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Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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