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... reason why it should not equally attach upon all others within the purview of the Con- stitution . It has been argued that such an appellate jurisdiction over State courts is inconsistent with the genius of our governments , and the ...
... reason why it should not equally attach upon all others within the purview of the Con- stitution . It has been argued that such an appellate jurisdiction over State courts is inconsistent with the genius of our governments , and the ...
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... reason for giving their judgments an absolute and irresistible force , than for giving it to the acts of the other co - ordinate depart- ments of State sovereignty . The argument urged from the possibility of the abuse of the revis- ing ...
... reason for giving their judgments an absolute and irresistible force , than for giving it to the acts of the other co - ordinate depart- ments of State sovereignty . The argument urged from the possibility of the abuse of the revis- ing ...
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... reason than that which has been stated can be assigned , why some at least , of those cases should not have been ... reasons of a higher and more extensive na- ture , touching the safety , peace , and sovereignty of the nation , might ...
... reason than that which has been stated can be assigned , why some at least , of those cases should not have been ... reasons of a higher and more extensive na- ture , touching the safety , peace , and sovereignty of the nation , might ...
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... reasons : ( a ) because it virtually overrides the provision of the Constitution reserving to the States the powers ... reason the preser- vation of the rights of all the States can be predicated upon the assumption that any one State ...
... reasons : ( a ) because it virtually overrides the provision of the Constitution reserving to the States the powers ... reason the preser- vation of the rights of all the States can be predicated upon the assumption that any one State ...
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... reason , it is to be assumed , it early came to pass that differences between the colonies were taken to the Privy Council for settlement and were there considered and passed upon during a long period of years , the sanction afforded to ...
... reason , it is to be assumed , it early came to pass that differences between the colonies were taken to the Privy Council for settlement and were there considered and passed upon during a long period of years , the sanction afforded to ...
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Page 283 - It is the power to regulate; that is, to prescribe the rule by which commerce is to be governed. This power, like all others vested in Congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations other than are prescribed in the Constitution.
Page 249 - If, as has always been understood, the sovereignty of Congress, though limited to specified objects, is plenary as to those objects, the power over commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, is vested in Congress as absolutely as it would be in a single government, having in its constitution the same restrictions on the exercise of the power as are found in the constitution of the United States.
Page 388 - The government of the United States, then, though limited in its powers, is supreme; and its laws, when made in pursuance of the Constitution, form the supreme law of the land, ' ' anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 77 - A constitution, to contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit, and of all the means by which they may be carried into execution, would partake of the prolixity of a legal code, and could scarcely be embraced by the human mind. It would probably never be understood by the public.
Page 498 - Commerce with foreign countries, and among the States, strictly considered, consists in intercourse and traffic, including in these terms navigation, and the transportation and transit of persons and property, as well as the purchase, sale, and exchange of commodities.
Page 249 - Constitution the same restrictions on the exercise of the power as are found in the Constitution of the United States. The wisdom and the discretion of Congress, their identity with the people, and the influence which their constituents possess at elections, are, in this, as in many other instances, as that, for example, of declaring war, the sole restraints on which they have relied to secure them from its abuse. They are the restraints on which the people must often rely solely in all representative...
Page 514 - Amendment, broad and comprehensive as it is, nor any other amendment was designed to interfere with the power of the State, sometimes termed its ' police power,' to prescribe regulations to promote the health, peace, morals, education and good order of the people, and to legislate so as to increase the industries of the State, develop its resources and add to its wealth and prosperity.
Page 84 - States, or is committed for trial before some court thereof; or is in custody for an act done or omitted in pursuance of a law of the United States...
Page 675 - Columbia, or to any foreign country, any article or commodity, other than timber and the manufactured products thereof, manufactured, mined, or produced by it, or under its authority, or which it may own in whole or in part, or in which it may have any interest, direct or indirect, except such articles or commodities as may be necessary and intended for its use in the conduct of its business as a common carrier.
Page 679 - ... and shall certify and file with its application a transcript of the entire record in the proceeding, including all the testimony taken and the report and order of the commission.