Commentaries on the constitution of the United States, Volume 1C. C. Little and J. Brown, 1851 |
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... exists in the states , it may be carried to any extent they may choose . If it does not exist , every exercise of it is , pro tanto , a violation of the power of congress to regulate commerce.1 [ § 1072 a . The question , whether the ...
... exists in the states , it may be carried to any extent they may choose . If it does not exist , every exercise of it is , pro tanto , a violation of the power of congress to regulate commerce.1 [ § 1072 a . The question , whether the ...
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... exist as to all other means equally common and appropriate ? Why does the power involve a right , not only to lay duties , but to lay duties for revenue , and not merely for the regulation and restriction of commerce , considered per se ...
... exist as to all other means equally common and appropriate ? Why does the power involve a right , not only to lay duties , but to lay duties for revenue , and not merely for the regulation and restriction of commerce , considered per se ...
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... exists , these consequences necessarily followed , as soon as the road was established . The absurdity of such a pretension must be apparent to all , who examine it . In this way , a large portion of the territory of every state might ...
... exists , these consequences necessarily followed , as soon as the road was established . The absurdity of such a pretension must be apparent to all , who examine it . In this way , a large portion of the territory of every state might ...
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... exist some offices , out of which a designation can be made . It supposes a power to select among things of the same nature . Now , if an office does not already exist at the place , how can it be designated , as a post - office ? If ...
... exist some offices , out of which a designation can be made . It supposes a power to select among things of the same nature . Now , if an office does not already exist at the place , how can it be designated , as a post - office ? If ...
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... exist independently of the other . A state might without absurdity possess the right to carry the mail , while the United States might pos- sess the right to designate the post - offices , at which it should be opened , and provide the ...
... exist independently of the other . A state might without absurdity possess the right to carry the mail , while the United States might pos- sess the right to designate the post - offices , at which it should be opened , and provide the ...
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Page 4 - Commerce, undoubtedly, is traffic, but it is something more, — it is intercourse. It describes the commercial intercourse between nations and parts of nations in all its branches, and is regulated by prescribing rules for carrying on that intercourse.
Page 370 - Certainly all those who have framed written constitutions contemplate them as forming the fundamental and paramount law of the nation, and consequently the theory of every such government must be, that an act of the legislature, repugnant to the Constitution, is void.
Page 186 - States declares that congress shall have power to dispose of, and make all needful rules and regulations respecting, the territory and other property belonging to the United States.
Page 118 - Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer's cloud, Without our special wonder?
Page 541 - It is not the intention of the court to say that no individual can be guilty of this crime who has not appeared in arms against his country. On the contrary, if war be actually levied, that is, if a body of men be actually assembled for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose, all those who perform any part, however minute, or however remote from the scene of action, and who are actually leagued in the general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors.
Page 178 - And the said records and judicial proceedings authenticated as aforesaid, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court within the United States, as they have by law or usage in the courts of the state from whence the said records are or shall be taken.
Page 593 - ... authorize and require the several towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies politic or religious societies, to make suitable provision, at their own expense, for the institution of the public worship of God, and for the support and maintenance of public Protestant teachers of piety, religion, and morality, in all cases where such provision shall not be made voluntarily.
Page 368 - Limitations of this kind can be preserved in practice no other way than through the medium of courts of justice, whose duty it must be to declare all acts contrary to the manifest tenor of the Constitution void. Without this, all the reservations of particular rights or privileges would amount to nothing.
Page 412 - Next to permanency in office, nothing can contribute more to the independence of the judges than a fixed provision for their support.
Page 543 - The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this Union, the free inhabitants of each of these States, paupers, vagabonds and fugitives from justice excepted, shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens...