United States v. Grossman

(after stating the facts as above). The question before us for decision is whether the President of the United States of America is invested with the power to relieve parties punished for contempt by judges of the federal court. The precise question has never been passed upon by the Supreme Court- of the-United States, and there is no decision of an inferior federal court which is entitled to present authority. It will be necessary, therefore, to base this opinion upon an interpretation of the Constitution read in the light of the fundamental principles of American constitutional government.

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