 The Congress, the Executive and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood...  Speeches and Forensic Arguments - Page 115by Daniel Webster - 1835Full view - About this book
 | Walter F. Murphy - 2007 - 588 pages
...assertions.25 Echoing Jefferson and adumbrating Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt, Andrew Jackson said in 1832: "Each public officer who takes an oath to support...understands it, and not as it is understood by others. . . . The opinion of the judges has no more authority over Congress than the opinion of Congress has... | |
 | Richard E. Ellis - 2007 - 280 pages
...the Executive, and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the...understands it, and not as it is understood by others. It is as much the duty of the House of Representatives, of the Senate, and of the President to decide... | |
 | Nada Mourtada-Sabbah, Bruce E. Cain - 2007 - 290 pages
...the Executive, and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the...understands it, and not as it is understood by others. It is as much the duty of the House of Representatives, of the Senate, and of the President to decide... | |
 | William Letwin - 438 pages
...the Executive, and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the...understands it, and not as it is understood by others. It is as much the duty of the House of Representatives, of the Senate, and of the President to decide... | |
 | Andrew Busch - 2007 - 346 pages
...the Executive, and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the...he understands it, and not as it is understood by others.18 As always, insight into the thinking of the framers can be gained by examining the Federalist.... | |
 | Keith E. Whittington - 2007 - 332 pages
...Jackson argued that the president must be guided by his "own opinion of the Constitution" and defend it "as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others."12' The Supreme Court "ought not to control the coordinate authorities of this Government."... | |
 | Mark Tushnet - 2008 - 260 pages
...the Executive, and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the...understands it, and not as it is understood by others. It is as much the duty of the House of Representatives, of the Senate, and of the President to decide... | |
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