 At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the government upon vital questions, affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made, in ordinary litigation between...  Modern Eloquence - Page 1038edited by - 1900Full view - About this book
 | Charles Maltby - 1884 - 340 pages
...litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own masters, unless having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal. Nor is there in this view any assault upon the Court or the Judges. It is a duty from which they may... | |
 | Frank Abial Flower - 1884 - 662 pages
...a precedent for other cases, can better be borne than could the evils of a different practice. ing to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal. Nor is there in this view any assault upon the court or the judges. It is a duty from which they may... | |
 | Richard Whitehead Young - 1885 - 30 pages
...Abraham Lincoln, in his inaugural address, said: At the game time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the government upon vital questions...government into the hands of that eminent tribunal. It will thus be seen what a trivial position the Supreme Court occupies, except in times of public... | |
 | 1894 - 580 pages
...people is to be irrevocably fixed by the decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made, as in ordinary litigation between parties in personal...actions, the people will have ceased to be their own masters, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent... | |
 | Judson Stuart Landon - 1889 - 796 pages
...parallel cases by all departments of the government. . . . But if the policy of the government, upon the vital questions affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by the decisions of the SuMR. MADISON'S OPINION. 235 preme Court the moment they are made, as in ordinary... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 540 pages
...than could the evils of a different practice.27 »At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the Government, upon vital questions,...resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.2s Nor is there in this view any assault upon the court or the judges. It is a duty from which... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 536 pages
...& Mr. Seward proposed to amend it as follows : " At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the Government, upon vital questions...irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, made in the ordinary course of litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1890 - 454 pages
...people is to be irrevocably, fixed by the decisions of the Supreme Court the instant they are made, as in ordinary litigation between parties in personal...actions, the people will have ceased to be their own masters, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent... | |
 | Frederick W. Osborn - 1890 - 68 pages
...people is to be irrevocably fixed by the decisions of the SuA erne Court, the instant they are made, as in ordinary litigation between parties in personal...actions, the people will have ceased to be their own masters, unless having to that extent practically resigned their Government into the hands of that... | |
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