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If any one proposition could command the universal assent of mankind, we might expect it would be this — that the government of the Union, though limited in its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action.

An Argument on the Unconstitutionality of Slavery: Embracing an Abstract of ... - Page 389
by George Washington Frost Mellen - 1841 - 440 pages
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Courts, Judges, and Politics: An Introduction to the Judicial Process

Charles Herman Pritchett - Judicial process - 1979 - 792 pages

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Northwest Salmon and Steelhead: Hearings Before the Committee on Commerce ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Fishery management - 1979 - 298 pages

...States is paramount in its sphere of delegated authority. The Supreme Court said in 1819 : "If any one proposition could command, the universal assent of...its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action." That statement in McCulloch v. Maryland (4 Wheat at 405) is supplemented by the following : "No trace...

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Cracks in the Constitution

Ferdinand Lundberg - Constitutional history - 1980 - 362 pages

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Basic Cases in Constitutional Law

Duane Lockard - Law - 1980 - 342 pages

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Hearings

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control - 1980 - 184 pages

...regulation. Since the decision in McCulloch v. Maryland, it has been undoubted that the Federal Government, though limited in its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action. In the exercise of the express as well as the implied powers assigned it, there is no trace of an intent...

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