...the will of the whole." In words analogous to those he had used in McCulloch, Marshall observed that a Constitution is framed for ages to come, and is...as human institutions can approach it. Its course is not always tranquil. It is exposed to storms and tempests, and its framers must be unwise statesmen...

...framers did not specifically have in mind. (This was a corollary of the fact that the Constitution "was framed for ages to come, and is designed to approach...immortality as nearly as human institutions can approach it."92) Does abortion fall within "the words of the rule?" It would seem to, if the law permits abortion,...

...enactments, designed to meet passing occasions. They are, to use the words of Chief Justice Marshall, "designed to approach immortality as nearly as human institutions can approach it. The future is their case, and provision for events of good and bad tendencies of which no prophecy...

...struggle. And in the words of Chief Justice Marshall, they were secured "for ages to come, and . . . designed to approach immortality as nearly as human institutions can approach it." . . . The constitutional issue we decide in each of these cases is the admissibility of statements...

...of judicial review, one that lends itself to interpretation as revolutionary adjudication. Consider: "[A] constitution is framed for ages to come, and...tranquil. It is exposed to storms and tempests, and its Framcrs must be unwise statesmen indeed, if they have not provided it, so far as its nature will permit,...

...fate of the Constitution, he maintained, rests with the federal judiciary. Although asserting that "a constitution is framed for ages to come, and is designed to approach immortality," he acknowledged the people's right to change it. But such power, he said, resides "in the whole body...

...struggle. And, in the words of Chief Justice Marshall, they were secured "for ages to come, and . . . designed to approach immortality as nearly as human institutions can approach it. . . ." I The constitutional issue we decide in each of these cases is the admissibility of statements...

...legislature." The Constitution could not be placed in the keeping of such institutions, Marshall stated. It "is framed for ages to come, and is designed to approach...unwise statesmen indeed, if they have not provided it, so far as its nature will permit, with the means of self-preservation from the perils it may be destined...

...legislature." The Constitution could not be placed in the keeping of such institutions, Marshall stated. It "is framed for ages to come, and is designed to approach...tranquil. It is exposed to storms and tempests, and its 63. Ibid., 382-83. framers must be unwise statesmen indeed, if they have not provided it, so far as...

...constitutions . . . are not ephemeral enactments. designed to meet passing occasions. They are . . . designed to approach immortality as nearly as human institutions can approach it. .., In the application of aconstitution. therefore. our contemplation cannot he only of what has heen...