Show IMPORTANT DECISION ox monday the supreme court of the I 1 united states rendered an important de casion it being the case of bhae chang pia 0 vs the collector of the port of aan francisco this was a suit brought to test the constitutionality of the scott chinese exclusion act shortly after the scott exclusion act went into effect chae chang ping returned to the united states from china and endeavored to secure entrance at the port of san francisco he left this country armed with a certificate entitling him to return but t wag declared invalid by the S ct the collector refused him admits nd suit was then brought in mhd T bied states courts for the district of california to test the constitutionality tiona lity of the scott act in accordance with the provisions of which the collector acted the california courts upheld the constitutionality of the act and from this decision the casement case went up on appeal the court affirms that judgment it holds that congress has power to abrogate a treaty and in support of that view cites the authorities of courts on the subject holding that the propriety of such an action is not a matter for judicial cognizance but that it is a matter fur the political department coneless Con eress it says has power to exclude all those from the country whose presence is deemed inimical to our interests |