In a leap forward in the search for a cause of Alzheimer's disease, researchers have discovered that a pinpoint mutation in a single gene can cause this progressive neurological illness.
Under Article IX of the Articles of Confederation, disputes between the states (which mostly involved the settlement of land claims to the west) were settled in a convoluted manner: Congress would name thirty-nine individuals (three from each state) as potential commissioners to resolve the dispute.
It does not comprehend controversies be-. tween two or more states, or between a state and a foreign state. The jurisdiction. of the court still extends to these cases: and in these, a state may still be sued. We. must ascribe the amendment, then, to some other cause than the dignity of a state.