 | United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch - 1804 - 514 էջ
...with ordinary legiflative afts, and like other afts, is alterable when the legiilature fhall pleafe to alter it. If the former part of the alternative be true, then a legiflative aft contrary to the conftitution is not law : if the latter part be true, then written... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch - 1812 - 486 էջ
...constitution is either a superior paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legislative acts, and, like other acts,...attempts, on the part of the people, to limit a power in its own nature illimitable. Certainly ail those who have framed written constitutions contemplate them... | |
 | William Wirt - 1826 - 690 էջ
...constitution is either a superior, paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legislative acts, and like other acts,...attempts, on the part of the people, to limit a power, in its own nature illimitable. 'Certainly all those who have framed written constitutions, contemplate... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1827 - 674 էջ
...Constitution is either a superior, paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legislative Acts, and, like other Acts,...legislative Act, contrary to the Constitution, is not a law ; if the latter part be true, then written Constitutions are absurd attempts, on the part of... | |
 | William Sullivan - 1830 - 72 էջ
...constitution is either a superior, paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legislative acts, and like other acts,...attempts, on the part of the people, to limit a power, in its own nature illimitable. 'Certainly all those who have framed written constitutions, contemplate... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1833 - 800 էջ
...be eminently cherished by them. On its firm and indeordinary means, or it is on a level wi'h ordmary legislative acts, and, like other acts, is alterable,...latter part be true, then written constitutions are obsurd attempts, on the part of the people, to limit a power, in its own nature illimitable. " Certainly... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1827 - 686 էջ
...part of the alternative be true, then a legislative Act, contrary to the Constitution, is not a la\u; if the latter part be true, then written Constitutions...attempts, on the part of the people, to limit a power, in its na ture illimitable. " Certainly all those who have framed written Constitutions, contemplate them... | |
 | John Marshall - 1839 - 762 էջ
...constitution is either a superior, paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means ; or it is on a level with ordinary legislative acts, and, like other acts,...attempts on the part of the people to limit a power in its own nature illimitable. Certainly all those who have framed written constitutions contemplate them... | |
 | E. Fitch Smith - 1848 - 1004 էջ
...constitution is either a superior paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legislative acts, and like other acts, is alterable when the legislature shall choose to alter it.(a) § 402. " In the United States, the principle in the English government, that... | |
 | James Wynne - 1850 - 372 էջ
...unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legistive acts, and like other acts, it is alterable, when the legislature shall please to...attempts on the part of the people to limit a power in its own nature illimitable. " Certainly all those who have framed written constitutions, contemplate... | |
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The Constitution is either a superior paramount law unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legislative Acts, and like other Acts is alterable when the Legislature shall please to alter it. If the former part of the alternative... 
