Freya D. Pearson v. United States

Whether an inferior court exceeds the limits of Article III judicial power and the Supremacy Clause when it issues and permits an appellate judgment to remain operative where the underlying proceeding nullified a constitutional mandate of this Court governing the structure of a first appeal as of right?

Whether an inferior court may, consistent with the Supremacy Clause, treat compliance with this Court’s controlling constitutional mandate governing the structure of a first appeal as of right as discretionary in operation by permitting a judgment to remain operative despite a proceeding that failed to satisfy those requirements?

Whether considerations of finality or the passage of time permit an appellate judgment to remain operative where the underlying proceeding failed to comply with this Court’s controlling constitutional mandate governing the structure of a first appeal as of right? Page 1