Certainly all those who have framed written constitutions contemplate them as forming the fundamental and paramount law of the nation, and consequently the theory of every such government must be, that an act of the Legislature, repugnant to the Constitution,... Commentaries on American Law - Page 509by James Kent - 1860 - 692 pagesFull view - About this book
| United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch - Court rules - 1812 - 486 pages
...fundamental and paramount law of the nation, and, consequently, the theory of every such government must be, that an act of the legislature, repugnant to the constitution, is void. court, as one of the fundamental principles of our socicty. It is not therefore to be lost sight of... | |
| William Wirt - Funeral sermons - 1826 - 690 pages
...the fundamental and paramount law of the nation, and consequently the theory of every such government must be, that an act of the legislature, repugnant to the constitution, is void. 'It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is. Those... | |
| Robert Walsh - American literature - 1827 - 674 pages
...the fundamental and paramount law of the nation, and consequently the theory of every such government must be, that an Act of the legislature, repugnant to the Constitution, is void. " This theory is essentially attached to written Constitutions, and is consequently to be considered,... | |
| William Sullivan - New England - 1830 - 72 pages
...the fundamental and paramount law of the nation, and consequently the theory of every such government must be, that an act of the legislature, repugnant to the constitution, is void. 'It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is. Those... | |
| James Kent - Law - 1832 - 590 pages
...if acts prohibited, and acts allowed, are of equal obligation. If the constitution does not conlrol any legislative act repugnant to it, then the legislature...cannot bind the courts, and oblige them to give it eflect ; for this would be to overthrow, in fact, what was established in theory, and to make that... | |
| Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1833 - 800 pages
...the fundamental and paramount law of the nation, and consequently the theory of every such government must be, that an act of the legislature, repugnant to the constitution, is void. This theory is essentially attached to a written constitution, and is consequently to be considered... | |
| James Wynne - 1850 - 372 pages
...the fundamental and paramount law of the nation, and consequently the theory of every such government must be that an act of the legislature repugnant to the constitution is void. " This theory is essentially attached to a written constitution, and is consequently to be considered... | |
| James Kent - Law - 1851 - 706 pages
...confine the persons on whom they are imposed, and if acts prohibited, and acts allowed, are of equal obligation. If the constitution does not control any...and oblige them to give it effect ; for this would 1)0 to overthrow in fact, what was established in theory, and to make that operative in law which is... | |
| George Van Santvoord - Electronic books - 1854 - 550 pages
...fundamental and permanent law of the nation, and, consequently, the theory of every such government must be, that an act of the Legislature repugnant to the Constitution is void.. " This theory is essentially attached to a written constitution, and is consequently to be considered... | |
| John Fulton - Constitutional history - 1864 - 582 pages
...the fundamental and paramount law of the nation, and consequently the theory of every such government must be, that an act of the legislature repugnant to the Constitution is void. " This theory is essentially attached to a written constitution, and is consequently to be considered,... | |
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