A final judgment or decree in any suit in the highest court of a State in which a decision in the suit can be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under, the United States, and the decision is against their validity, or of a statute of, or an authority exercised under, any State, on the ground of their being repugnant to the Constitution, treaties, or laws of the United States, and the decision is in favor of their validity, or where any title, right, privilege, or immunity is claimed under the Constitution, or any treaty or statute of, or commission held or authority exercised under, the United States, and the decision is against the title, right, privilege, or immunity, specially set apart or claimed by either party under such Constitution, treaty, statute, commission, or authority, may be re-examined and reversed or affirmed in the Supreme Court upon writ of error. The writ has the same effect as if the judgment or decree complained of had been rendered or passed in a court of the United States. The Supreme Court may reverse, modify, or affirm the judgment or decree of such State court, and may, at their discretion, award execution or remand the same to the court from which it was removed by the writ.13

12 Rev. Stats., Sec. 707. See Ex parte Atocha, 17 Wallace, 439; Ex parte Russell, 13 Wallace, 664; United States vs. Jones, 119 U. S., 477; United States vs. Gleeson, 124 U. S., 255.

13 Rev. Stats., Sec. 708. See Bacon vs. State of Texas, 163 U. S, 207; Choteau vs. Marquents, 12 Peters, 507; Hickie vs. Starke, 1 Peters, 94; New Orleans vs. De Armos, 9 Peters, 224; Carson vs. Dunham, 121 U. S., 421; McKenna vs. Simp-eon, 129 U. S., 506.