 | Edward Alfred Pollard - Confederate States of America - 1868 - 804 pages
...at the supremacy of law, and the authority of the State and federal constitutions. " Resolved, That the Constitution of the United States — the supreme law of the land— has aettned the crime of treason against the United States to consist ' only in levying war against... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1872 - 842 pages
...attempting repudiation in a small way, is thereby rendered unconstitutional, repugnant to, and prohibited by the Constitution of the United States, the supreme law of the land. The act of the 18th of February, 1870, being without a title, attempts repudiation, was passed and... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1872 - 840 pages
...attempting repudiation in a small way, is thereby rendered unconstitutional, repugnant to, and prohibited by the Constitution of the United States, the supreme law of the land. The act of the 18th of February, 1870, being without a thle, attempts repudiation, was passed and approved... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1872 - 850 pages
...attempting repudiation in a small way, is thereby rendered unconstitutional, repugnant to, and prohibited by the Constitution, of the United States, the supreme law of the land. The act of the 18th of February, 1870, being without a title, attempts repudiation, was passed and... | |
 | John Quincy Adams - Presidents - 1874 - 592 pages
...no communication from the Government on the subject, but the convention having been ratified was, by the Constitution of the United States, the Supreme law of the land, and the introduction and the failure of the bill in question could only proceed, as indeed it was stated... | |
 | John Quincy Adams - Presidents - 1874 - 586 pages
...no communication from the Government on the subject, but the convention having been ratified was, by the Constitution of the United States, the supreme law of the land, and the introduction and the failure of the bill in question could only proceed, as indeed it was stated... | |
 | North Carolina. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1875 - 320 pages
...the papers therewith connected, on the following grounds, to wit : 1. Under article 1, section 5, of the Constitution of the United States, (the supreme law of the land,) a majority of the members of each house shall constitute a quorum, is essential to thu transaction... | |
 | Thomas Lanier Clingman - United States - 1877 - 650 pages
...territory just such powers as its legislature would have after it became a State. Both are controlled by the Constitution of the United States, the supreme law of the land. As this Constitution is silent in relation to slavery, it has been argued on the one hand that Congress... | |
 | United States. Board of Indian Commissioners - Indians of North America - 1877 - 120 pages
...of honor, justice, and kindness demanded that it should be faithfully observed. Treaties are made by the Constitution of the United States the supreme law of the land. The United States Supreme Court has declared them binding upon the nation. Pity for the poor and helpless,... | |
 | Louisiana. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1878 - 968 pages
...further discussion of this question, because we do not deem it necessary for the decision of this case. The constitution of the United States, the supreme law of the land, article one, section ten, clause one, declares that, " no State shall puss any law impairing the obligation... | |
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