 | Virginia. General Court, William Brockenbrough, Hugh Holmes - Courts - 1815 - 364 pages
...constitution, can be valid. To deny this " would be to affirm, that the deputy is greater than the " principal; that the servant is above his master; that...the people are superior to the people " themselves. " If it be said that the legislative body are themselves " the constitutional judges of their own powers,... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional history - 1817 - 570 pages
...void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the constitution, can be valid. To deny this would be to affirm, that the deputy is greater than his principal...the people themselves ; that men acting by virtue of powers, may do not only what their powers do not authorise, but what they forbid. If it be said that... | |
 | James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1818 - 882 pages
...void, No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the constitution, can be valid. To deny this, would be to affirm, that the deputy is greater than his principal...people themselves ; that men, acting by virtue of powers, may do not only wlnrf their powers do not authorize, but what they forbids If it be said Unit... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - United States - 1831 - 758 pages
...this, would be to affirm, that the deputy is greater than his * Spirit of Lawi, TOl. I, p•g* 181. principal ; that the servant is above his master ; that the representatives of the people are superiour to the people themselves ; that men, acting by virtue of powers, may do not only what their... | |
 | William Paley - Ethics - 1835 - 324 pages
...the true intent and meaning of the constitution, is absolutely null and void.* To deny this, would be to affirm, that the deputy is greater than his principal...people themselves ; that men, acting by virtue of powers, may do not only what their powers do not authorize, but what they forbid. The proper and peculiar... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional history - 1837 - 516 pages
...void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the constitution, can be valid. To deny this, would be to affirm, that the deputy is greater than his principal...people themselves ; that men, acting by virtue of powers, may do not only what their powers do not authorize, but what they forbid. If it be said that... | |
 | George Washington Frost Mellen - Constitutional history - 1841 - 452 pages
...void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the Constitution, can be v;.Iid. To deny this would be to affirm that the deputy is greater than his principal,...people are superior to the people themselves, that mere actions, by virtue of powers, may do not only what their powers do not authorize, but what they... | |
 | William Alexander Duer - Constitutional law - 1843 - 442 pages
...authority from the people, can be valid. To deny this would be to affirm that the deputy is superior to his principal ; that the servant is above his master ; that the representatives of the people are greater than the people themselves ; and that persons acting in virtue of a delegated authority not... | |
 | Child rearing - 1845 - 436 pages
...authority from the people, can be valid. To deny this would be to affirm that the deputy is superior to his principal ; that the servant is above his master ; that the representatives of the people are greater than the people themselves ; and that persons acting in virtue of a delegated authority not... | |
 | Ohio. General Assembly. Senate - Ohio - 1849 - 492 pages
...void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the constitution, can be valid. To deny this, would be to affirm that the deputy is greater than his principal...the people themselves ; that men acting by virtue of powers, may do not only what their powers do not authorize, but what they forbid. "Where the will of... | |
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There is no position which depends on clearer principles than that every act of a delegated authority, contrary to the tenor of the commission under which it is exercised, is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the Constitution can be valid.... 
