...support the Constitution and laws of the United States and the Constitution and laws of this state: and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge...duties incumbent on me as , according to the best of my ability and understanding. So help me God.' " All of the Constitutions which have been adopted by the...

...review of verdicts is normally final. It is embraced in the duty, formulated by the judicial oath, to "administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich ..." 1 Stat. 73, 76, 36 Stat. 1087, 1161; 28 USC § 372. But it is not suggested that the jury was...

...The oath . . . taken by each person upon becoming a member of the federal judiciary requires that he "administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich," that he "faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon [him] . . ....

...execute the duties of his said office, he shall take the following oath or affirmation, to wit: "I, AB do solemnly swear or affirm, that I will administer justice...discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on me as judge of the district of according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the...

...demonstrative of the legislative opinion on this subject. lt is in these words : «l do solemnly swear, that l will administer justice, without respect to persons,...equal right to the poor and to the rich ; and that l will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties incumbent on me as — , according to the...

...453 which is taken by e^ch person upon becoming a cezber of the federal judiciary requires that, he "administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich," that he "faithfully and impartially discharge aad perform all the duties incumbent npon [him] -. ....

...Judge, Alcee L. Hastings, as required by the laws of the United States, took the following oath: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that [I] will administer...impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon [me as a United States District Judge] according to the best of [my] abilities and understanding,...

...Constitution of the United States. US CONST, art. VI, cl. 3. 114 The oath is as follows: I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will administer...impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me as , according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the Constitution...

...commitment is reflected in the solemn oath taken by all Federal judges before they assume office: the vow to "administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich." Under that oath, judges must decide every citizen's claim on its merits, not on the basis of the claimant's...

...this is what Congress meant when it required each Justice or judge of the United States to swear to "administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich . . ,"45 We should attend to three distinct, although interrelated, reasons that make the majority's...