"corrupted" or "attainted," so that as a matter of course, without any decree of the court to that effect, his children could not inherit property or titles through him. Thus the innocent offspring of the traitor were punished for the offense of the parent. The provision of our Constitution places the punishment on the offender alone. =References.=--ANDREWS, Manual of the Constitution, pp. 201-223. BALDWIN, The American Judiciary, ch. ix. BEARD, American Government and Politics, ch. xv. BRYCE, The American Commonwealth (abridged edition), chs. xxi-xxii. HARRISON, This Country of Ours, chs. xx-xxi. HART, Actual Government, ch. xvii. =Documentary and Illustrative Material.=--1. The Congressional Directory, which contains a list of the higher judges and the judicial districts. 2. Specimen copies of decisions of the Supreme Court. These may be obtained from the clerk of the Supreme Court at Washington. RESEARCH QUESTIONS 1. Name the Chief Justices of the United States Supreme Court from 1789 to the present time. 2. Name the present members of the Supreme Court and give the date of the appointment of each. (See Congressional Directory). 3. In which one of the nine judicial circuits of the United States do you live? Who is the Supreme Court justice assigned to the circuit? Who are the circuit judges of the circuit? 4. Who is the United States district judge for your district? At what places in your state are United States district courts held? 5. Who is the United States attorney for your district? The United States marshal? 6. What is meant by the terms "constitutional" and "unconstitutional" as applied to an act of Congress? Do you think the courts should be allowed to declare a law unconstitutional? 7. Do you think it is a wise provision which allows federal judges to serve during good behavior? 8. It has been proposed by a well-known public man that federal judges should be elected by the people. What is your opinion of the proposition? 9. Do you think the present salary allowed justices of the Supreme Court large enough to attract the best judicial talent? 10. Do you think the Supreme Court is ever justified in reversing its own decisions, or should it stand by the precedents? 11. What is the meaning of the term obiter dicta as applied to a judicial opinion? 12. Do you think it is a wise practice for judges who disagree with the majority of the court to file dissenting opinions? 13. A recent President took occasion to criticize publicly a federal judge for a decision which he rendered in a "trust" case. Do you think judges should be criticized for their decisions? 14. Are juries ever made use of in federal courts? If so, when? 15. Why have federal judges been criticized for issuing injunctions? 16. When may an appeal be taken from a state court to a federal court?