http://www.oyez.org/cases/1851-1900/1863/ U.S. Supreme Court Decisions, presented by The Oyez Project (www.oyez.org) en-us <p>Are the military proceedings constitutional?</p><p>The Court held, unanimously, that it had no jurisdiction over appeals from military courts.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1851-1900/1863/1863_2/ <p>Is the obligation to pay a debt a contract beyond impairment by any state?</p><p>The Court sided with the bondholders, holding that when contracts are made on the basis of trust in past judicial decisions those contracts could not be impaired by any subsequent construction of the law. "We shall never immolate truth, justice, and the law, because a state tribunal has erected the altar and decreed the sacrifice."</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1851-1900/1863/1863_0/