John Marshall: Complete Constitutional DecisionsCallaghan, 1903 - 799 pages |
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Page 18
... errors and misconduct of those agents by whom the King has been deceived and induced to do a temporary injustice . " By the act passed in 1796 , authorizing the sale of the lands above the mouth of Kentucky river ( vol . 3 , p . 299 ) ...
... errors and misconduct of those agents by whom the King has been deceived and induced to do a temporary injustice . " By the act passed in 1796 , authorizing the sale of the lands above the mouth of Kentucky river ( vol . 3 , p . 299 ) ...
Page 43
... the United States for the district of Pennsylvania . Mr. Harper , Mr. Ingersoll , Mr. Lewis and Mr. Lee for the defend . ants in error . the clause . Construction of be maintained that no law 43 United States v . Fisher et al .
... the United States for the district of Pennsylvania . Mr. Harper , Mr. Ingersoll , Mr. Lewis and Mr. Lee for the defend . ants in error . the clause . Construction of be maintained that no law 43 United States v . Fisher et al .
Page 152
... error of judgment ; but it is an error committed in the direct exercise of their judicial functions . Idem . The present indictment charges the prisoner with levy- ing war against the United States , and alleges an overt act of levying ...
... error of judgment ; but it is an error committed in the direct exercise of their judicial functions . Idem . The present indictment charges the prisoner with levy- ing war against the United States , and alleges an overt act of levying ...
Page 197
... error , conveying to Robert Fletcher , the plaintiff in error , certain lands which were part of a large purchase made by James Gunn and others , in the year 1795 , from the State of Georgia , the contract for which was made in the form ...
... error , conveying to Robert Fletcher , the plaintiff in error , certain lands which were part of a large purchase made by James Gunn and others , in the year 1795 , from the State of Georgia , the contract for which was made in the form ...
Page 199
... error . The third covenant is , that all the title which the State of Georgia ever had in the premises had been legally conveyed to John Peck , the grantor . The second count . The second count assigns , in substance , as a breach of ...
... error . The third covenant is , that all the title which the State of Georgia ever had in the premises had been legally conveyed to John Peck , the grantor . The second count . The second count assigns , in substance , as a breach of ...
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Page 437 - It is the power to regulate; that is, to prescribe the rule by which commerce is to be governed. This power, like all others vested in Congress is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations, other than are prescribed in the Constitution.
Page 276 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people.
Page 316 - A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence.
Page 262 - A constitution, to contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit, and of all the means by which they may be carried into execution, would partake of the prolixity of a legal code, and could scarcely be embraced by the human mind. It would probably never be understood by the public. Its nature, therefore, requires, that only its great outlines should be marked, its important objects designated, and the minor ingredients which compose those objects be deduced...
Page 259 - RESOLVED, That the preceding Constitution be laid before the United States, in Congress assembled, and that it is the opinion of this Convention, that it should afterwards be submitted to a Convention of Delegates, chosen in each State by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its Legislature, for their assent and ratification...
Page 604 - A final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a State in which a decision in the suit could 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...
Page 261 - This government is acknowledged by all to be one of enumerated powers. The principle, that it can exercise only the powers granted to it, would seem too apparent to have required to be enforced by all those arguments which its enlightened friends, while it was depending before the people, found it necessary to urge. That principle is now universally admitted.
Page 263 - In considering this question, then, we must never forget, that it is a constitution we are expounding. This provision is made in a constitution intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently, to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs.
Page 443 - They form a portion of that immense mass of legislation which embraces everything within the territory of a state, not surrendered to the general government, all of which can be most advantageously exercised by the states themselves.
Page 32 - So if a law be in opposition to the constitution; if both the law and the constitution apply to a particular case ; so that the court must either decide that case conformably to the law, disregarding the constitution; or conformably to the constitution, disregarding the law; the court must determine which of these conflicting rules governs the case. This is of the very essence of judicial duty.