1789 U.S. statute giving federal courts authority to effectuate the law
The All Writs Act is a United States federal statute, codified at 28 U.S.C. § 1651, which authorizes the United States federal courts to "issue all writs necessary or appropriate in aid of their respective jurisdictions and agreeable to the usages and principles of law."
The act in its original form was part of the Judiciary Act of 1789. The current form of the act was first passed in 1911[1] and the act has been amended several times since then,[2] but it has not changed significantly in substance since 1789.[3]
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^Section 14 of the 1789 Act provided that all courts of the United States should "have power to issue writs of scire facias, habeas corpus, and all other writs not specially provided for by statute, which may be necessary for the exercise of their respective jurisdiction, and agreeable to the principles and usages of law." Findlaw, Power to Issue Writs: The Act of 1789.
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an act it is legally required to perform as part of its official duties, or to refrain from performing an act the law forbids it from doing. Writs of...
given by the Fifth Amendment. In 2012, the court ruled that under the AllWritsAct, the defendant was required to produce an unencrypted hard drive for...
given by the Fifth Amendment. In 2012, the court ruled that under the AllWritsAct, the defendant was required to produce an unencrypted hard drive for...
give away the password under the foregone conclusion doctrine in the AllWritsAct. In a search of a Californian defendant's apartment for accessing child...
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new strategies to implement SOPA-like regulations, such as using the AllWritsAct to "allow [the MPAA] to obtain court orders requiring site blocking...
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brought in federal courts or in courts of other states, though the AllWritsAct permits federal courts to enjoin state courts from hearing matters if...
senior, or presiding, judge for each panel. The AllWritsAct empowers the court to issue extraordinary writs, such as habeas corpus, mandamus, and prohibition...
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