 Bills of attainder, ex post facto laws, and laws impairing the obligation of contracts are contrary to the first principles of the social compact, and to every principle of sound legislation. The two former are expressly prohibited by the declarations...  Speeches and Forensic Arguments - Page 131by Daniel Webster - 1830 - 520 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Alexander Duer - 1833 - 264 pages
...that distinct and independent prohibition t(rem the Constitution. '5. . ' 771. Bills of Attainder, ex post facto Laws, and Laws impairing the obligation...are con.trary to the first principles of the, social Contract, and to every principle of sound legislation : the two former are also expressly prohibited... | |
 | William Alexander Duer - 1833 - 264 pages
...distinct and independent prohibition from the Constitution. 771. Bills of Attainder, ex post faclo Laws, and Laws impairing the obligation of Contracts,...are contrary to the first principles of the social Contract, and to ' every principle of sound legislation : the two former are also expressly prohibited... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1834 - 174 pages
...which are but varieties of the same general noxious policy. And they have been truly described, as contrary to the first principles of the social compact, and to every principle of sound legislation. § 169. The remaining prohibition is, to ' grant any title of nobility,' which is supported by the... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 1837 - 516 pages
...from the states, on the same principle with that of issuing a paper currency. Bills of attainder, ex post facto laws, and laws impairing the obligation...the social compact, and to every principle of sound legislatio». The two former are expressly prohibited by the declarations prefixed to some of the state... | |
 | 1838 - 860 pages
...impairing the obligation of a contract." "The federalist very justly observes that bills of attainder, ex post facto laws, and laws impairing the obligation of contracts, are contrary to the just principles of the social compact, and to every principle of sound Legislation. "The same author,... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1840 - 394 pages
...which are but varieties of the same general noxious policy. And they have been truly described, as contrary to the first principles of the social compact and to every principle of sound legislation. § 233. Although the language of this clause, " law impairing the obligation of contracts," would seem,... | |
 | Andrew White Young - 1840 - 348 pages
...to pass them is with the same degree of propriety prohibited to the states as to congress. § 449. Laws impairing the obligation of contracts are contrary to the first principles of civil society. The private rights of every member of the community could not be se§ 446. What are... | |
 | William Alexander Duer - 1843 - 436 pages
...impairing the obligation of contracts, are contrary to the first principles of the social contract, and to every principle of sound legislation. The two former are expressly prohibited to Congress by the Federal Constitution, and to some of the state legislatures, by declarations of... | |
 | William Alexander Duer - 1843 - 442 pages
...which had been found from experience to attend the practice, a dead letter.* 3d. Bills of attamder, ex post facto laws, and laws impairing the obligation...are contrary to the first principles of the social contract, and to every principle of sound legislation. The two former are expressly prohibited to Congress... | |
 | 1845 - 436 pages
...which had been found from experience to attend the practice, a dead letter.* 3d. Bills of attainder, ex post facto laws, and laws impairing the obligation...are contrary to the first principles of the social contract, and to every principle of sound legislation. The two former are expressly prohibited to Congress... | |
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