Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volume 18Banks Law Publishing, 1904 |
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... carried by writ of error before the supreme court of Penn- sylvania , the highest court of law or equity of that state , was affirmed ; and the cause was then brought before this court , under the 25th section of the judiciary act of ...
... carried by writ of error before the supreme court of Penn- sylvania , the highest court of law or equity of that state , was affirmed ; and the cause was then brought before this court , under the 25th section of the judiciary act of ...
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... carried into effect by state courts and state officers ; that this was contemplated by the framers of the consti- tution ; that the governor of Pennsylvania , by whom the court - martial , in the present case , was summoned , is the ...
... carried into effect by state courts and state officers ; that this was contemplated by the framers of the consti- tution ; that the governor of Pennsylvania , by whom the court - martial , in the present case , was summoned , is the ...
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... carried into execution , and may be said , therefore , not to be repugnant to it . But surely the will of congress is , nevertheless , thwarted and opposed . This question does not so much involve a contest for power between the two ...
... carried into execution , and may be said , therefore , not to be repugnant to it . But surely the will of congress is , nevertheless , thwarted and opposed . This question does not so much involve a contest for power between the two ...
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... carried this power into effect , its laws for the organization , arming and dis- cipline of the militia , are the supreme law of the land ; and all interfering Houston v . Moore . state regulations must necessarily be 23 1820 ] 49 OF ...
... carried this power into effect , its laws for the organization , arming and dis- cipline of the militia , are the supreme law of the land ; and all interfering Houston v . Moore . state regulations must necessarily be 23 1820 ] 49 OF ...
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... carry a given power into execution ; to require the end , and yet deny the only means adequate to attain that end . Such a construction of the constitution is wholly inadmissible . The authority of congress being then unquestionable ...
... carry a given power into execution ; to require the end , and yet deny the only means adequate to attain that end . Such a construction of the constitution is wholly inadmissible . The authority of congress being then unquestionable ...
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Page 43 - The rule that penal laws are to be construed strictly is perhaps not much less old than construction itself. It is founded on the tenderness of the law for the rights of individuals, and on the plain principle that the power of punishment is vested in the legislative, and not in the judicial, department.
Page 255 - KNOW all Men by these Presents, That we, are held and firmly bound unto our...
Page 104 - ... children and heirs" just referred to. By an act of the congress of Texas, passed January 28, 1840, it was provided as follows: "In making title to land by descent it shall be no bar to a party that any ancestor through whom he derives his descent from the intestate is or hath been an alien...
Page 147 - The District of Columbia, or the territory west of the Missouri, is not less within the United States than Maryland or Pennsylvania; and it is not less necessary, on the principles of our Constitution, that uniformity in the imposition of imposts, duties and excises should be observed in the one than the other.
Page 44 - Where there is no ambiguity in the words, there is no room for construction. The case must be a strong one indeed, which would justify a Court in departing from the plain meaning of words, especially in a penal act, in search of an intention which the words themselves did not suggest.
Page 257 - ... ships, vessels and goods, that are or shall be taken, and to hear and determine the same ; and according to the course of Admiralty, and the law of nations...
Page 67 - Large, 113), the 8th section of which provides, " that, if any person or persons shall commit upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin, or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular state, murder or robbery, or any other offence, which, if committed within the body of a county, would, by the laws of the United States, be punishable with death...
Page 213 - ... care that the laws be faithfully executed. The means by which it is to be performed, the force of the nation, are in the hands of this person. Ought not this person to perform the object, although the particular mode of using the means has not been prescribed? Congress, unquestionably, may prescribe the mode, and Congress may devolve on others the whole execution of the contract ; but, till this be done, it seems the duty of the executive department to execute the contract by any means it possesses.
Page 193 - Virginia passed an act, vesting one hundred acres, part of this tract, in trustees, to be laid off in lots, some of them to be given to settlers, and others to be sold for the benefit of the proprietors. The cause depends mainly on the validity of this act.
Page 151 - Smith, cashier of the office of discount and deposit of the Bank of the United States at Washington, to be paid in liquidation of a balance due from the said Mechanics...