 | United States. Supreme Court - 1821 - 716 էջ
...equally true, that it must take jurisdiction if it should. The judiciary cannot, as the legislature may, avoid a measure because it approaches the confines...cannot pass it by because it is doubtful. With whatever doubts, with whatever difficulties, a case may be attended, we must decide it, if it be brought before... | |
 | John Marshall - 1839 - 762 էջ
...equally true that it must take jurisdiction if it should. The judiciary cannot, as the legislature may, avoid a measure because it approaches the confines...cannot pass it by because it is doubtful. With whatever doubts, with whatever difficulties, a case may be attended, we must decide it, if it be brought before... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1851 - 642 էջ
...as the legislature may, avoid a measure, because it approaches the confines of the constitution. It cannot pass it by, because it is doubtful. With whatever doubt, with whatever difficulties a case may swear, that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and... | |
 | Connecticut. Supreme Court of Errors - 1892 - 664 էջ
...equally true that it must take jurisdiction if it should.' The judiciary cannot, as the legislature may, avoid a measure because it approaches the confines...cannot pass it by because it is doubtful. With whatever . doubts or whatever difficulties a case may be attended, we must decide it if it be brought before... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1854 - 674 էջ
...before that tribunal to which the people of the United States have assigned all such cases. lature may, avoid a measure, because it approaches the confines...pass it by because it . is doubtful. With whatever doubts, with whatever difficulties a case may be attended, we must decide it, if it be brought before... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Robbins Curtis - 1864 - 594 էջ
...equally true, that it must take jurisdiction if it should. The judiciary cannot, as the legislature may, avoid a measure because it approaches the confines...cannot pass it by because it is doubtful. With whatever doubts, with whatever difficulties, a case may be attended, we must decide it, if it be brought before... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1867 - 732 էջ
...confines of the Constitution. We cannot pass it by because it is doubtful. With whatever doubts or whatever difficulties a case may be attended we must decide it if it be brought before us. "Wo have no more right to decline the exercise of jurisdiction which is given... | |
 | 1870 - 546 էջ
...may, avoid a measure because it approaches to the confines of the Constitution. We cannot pass by it because it is doubtful. With whatever doubt, with whatever difficulties, a case may be attended, tee must decide it if it he brought before us. We have no more right to decline the exercise of deciding,... | |
 | 1890 - 542 էջ
...article, the justices say : " The judiciary cannot, as the Legislature may, avoid a measure becanse it approaches the confines of the Constitution. We cannot pass it by becanse it is doubtful. With whatever doubt or whatever difficulty a case may be attended, we must... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature. Assembly - 1871 - 272 էջ
...may, avoid a measure because it approaches to the confines of the Constitution. We cannot pass by it because it is doubtful. With whatever doubt, with...difficulties a case may be attended, we must decide it if it be brought before us. We have no more right to decline the exercise of deciding, than we have to usurp... | |
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It is most true that this court will not take jurisdiction if it should not ; but it is equally true that it must take jurisdiction if it should. The judiciary cannot, as the legislature may, avoid a measure because it approaches the confines of the constitution.... 
