...cases before us and the arguments made in them that the clause under consideration is looked upon as a means of bringing to the test of the decision of...decision against him and of the merits of the legislation in which such a decision may -be founded." And in a later case— In re Kemler, decided in 1890, 136...

...before us and the arguments made in them, that the clause under consideration is looked upon as a meaoa of bringing to the test of the decision of this court...against him, and of the merits of the legislation upon which such a decision may be founded." In like manner Mr. Justice Peckham has recently § written...

...this provision, as found in the fourteenth amendment. ' It seems, as he states, to be looked upon 'as a means of bringing to the test of the decision of...of every unsuccessful litigant in a state court of justice of the decision against him, and of the merits of the legislation on which such a decision...

...Miller's remark in Davidson vs. New Orleans," that the fourteenth amendment could not be used " as a means of bringing to the test of the decision of...abstract opinions of every unsuccessful litigant in the state courts of the justice of the decision against him and of the merits of the legislation against...

...made in them, that the •clause under consideration is looked upon as a means of bringing to Ihe lest of the decision of this court the abstract opinions...of every unsuccessful litigant in a state court of Ihe justice of the decision against him, and of Ihe merits of the legislation on which such a decision...