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Bayard vs. Singleton Case
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Bayard vs. Singleton Case

Year1938
Classification painting
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions87 x 103 in. (221 x 261.6 cm)
Credits New Deal Art Program
  • Mural depicts the Bayard vs. Singleton case from 1787 where a three judge panel meeting in New Bern held that a legislature is limited in power and that the judiciary has the right to declare a law null and void if that law is unconstitutional.