James sent a letter to the Scottish Parliament at its opening in 1685, declaring his wish for new penal laws against refractory Presbyterians and lamented that he was not there in person to promote such a law.
"There are certain rules and regulations to arrest or detain a person according to the law in this country.
The Act provided that "there shall be appointed in each district" a "person learned in the law to act as attorney for the United States in such district, who shall be sworn or affirmed to the faithful execution of his office, whose duty it shall be to prosecute in such district all delinquents for crimes and offences, cognizable under the authority of the United States".
But recently public and congressional demands upon her have risen so much that it is becoming harder and harder for Ms Reno or anyone else to satisfy both parts of the attorney-general's brief.The 1789 Judiciary Act requires the president to appoint a person "learned in the law" to advise him on legal matters.
There shall be appointed in the said district, a person learned in the law, to act as attorney for the United States, who shall, in addition to his stated fees, be paid six hundred dollars, annually, as a full compensation for all extra services.
In NSW, a person using the law would have to be at least 25 years old, while in Victoria the cut-off is 18.
It could be the greatest courtroom confrontation since Rake or Rumpole of the Bailey, but sadly, one of the key protagonists has commitments that will prevent him appearing in person in the Sydney law courts on Friday.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, in Philadelphia, had ruled for the company, relying in part on a definition of "person" in the law that included corporations.
The court shall appoint some person learned in the law to minute down and make report of all the principal matters, drawn out at length, with the opinion of the court, in all such cases as may be tried before the said court; and the said reporter shall have a right to use the original written opinion after it shall have been recorded by the clerk.
A being, such as Tommy, who possesses autonomy, self-determination, self-awareness, and the ability to choose how to live his life, must be recognized as a common law "person" in New York, entitled to the common law right to bodily liberty protected by the common law writ of habeas corpus.
