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En 1792 el Tribunal de Circuito Meridional rehusó cumplir las obligaciones impuestas por la Invalid Pensions Act. Dicho órgano judicial consideró la norma inconstitucional, por lo que inaplicó la misma. El Attorney General, Edmund Randolph, interpuso un writ of mandamus en el Tribunal Supremo frente al Tribunal de Circuito. Era la primera vez en la historia de los Estados Unidos que una ley del Congreso se consideraba inconstitucional.
In 1792 the United States Circuit Court for the Middle Circuit refused to discharge the duties imposed by the Invalid Pension Acts. The Court considered that law unconstitutional an decided not to apply it. In Supreme Court, Attorney General Edmund Randolp moved for a mandamus to be directed to the Circuit Court. It was the first time in United States history that an Act of Congress was considered unconstitutional.
