Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States, Before the Adoption of the Constitution, Volumen3Hilliard, Gray,, 1833 - 776 páginas |
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... treaties speak of establishing reg- the carriage of the mail , as has been done , assume jurisdiction over them , and preclude a right to interfere with or alter them ? Might they not establish turnpikes , and exercise all the other ...
... treaties speak of establishing reg- the carriage of the mail , as has been done , assume jurisdiction over them , and preclude a right to interfere with or alter them ? Might they not establish turnpikes , and exercise all the other ...
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... treaties ; and it seems consequently to possess the power of acquir- ing territory either by conquest or treaty.1 If the ces- sion be by treaty , the terms of that treaty must be obligatory ; for it is the law of the land . And if it ...
... treaties ; and it seems consequently to possess the power of acquir- ing territory either by conquest or treaty.1 If the ces- sion be by treaty , the terms of that treaty must be obligatory ; for it is the law of the land . And if it ...
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... treaties , alliances , and confederations , constituted a part of the articles of confederation , and was from thence transferred in substance into the constitution . The sound policy , 2 1 In the original draft of the constitution ...
... treaties , alliances , and confederations , constituted a part of the articles of confederation , and was from thence transferred in substance into the constitution . The sound policy , 2 1 In the original draft of the constitution ...
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... treaties , alliances , or confederacies , with any foreign state , it would become utterly subver- sive of the power confided to the national government on the same subject . Engagements might be entered into by different states ...
... treaties , alliances , or confederacies , with any foreign state , it would become utterly subver- sive of the power confided to the national government on the same subject . Engagements might be entered into by different states ...
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... treaties and compacts are formed , which are deemed universally obligatory ; and yet in no just sense can they be deemed depen- dent on municipal law . Nay , there may exist ( ab- stractly speaking ) a perfect obligation in contracts ...
... treaties and compacts are formed , which are deemed universally obligatory ; and yet in no just sense can they be deemed depen- dent on municipal law . Nay , there may exist ( ab- stractly speaking ) a perfect obligation in contracts ...
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Página 168 - Full faith and credit shall be given in each of these States to the records, acts, and judicial proceedings, of the courts and magistrates of every other State.
Página 722 - God, and for the support and maintenance of public protestant teachers of piety, religion and morality, in all cases where such provision shall not be made voluntarily.
Página 426 - Nor does this conclusion by any means suppose a superiority of the judicial to the legislative power. It only supposes that the power of the people is superior to both ; and that where the will of the legislature, declared in its statutes, stands in opposition to that of the people, declared in the Constitution, the judges ought to be governed by the latter rather than the former. They ought to regulate their decisions by the fundamental laws, rather than by those which are not fundamental.
Página 182 - And, in the just preservation of rights and property, it is understood and declared that no law ought ever to be made or have force in the said Territory that shall, in any manner whatever, interfere with or affect private contracts, or engagements, bona fide, and without fraud previously formed.
Página 454 - The judiciary, on the contrary, has no influence over either the sword or the purse; no direction either of the strength or of the wealth of the society, and can take no active resolution whatever. It may truly be said to have neither FORCE nor WILL but merely judgment; and must ultimately depend upon the aid of the executive arm even for the efficacy of its judgments.
Página 486 - Next to permanency in office, nothing can contribute more to the independence of the judges than a fixed provision for their support.
Página 430 - Thus, the particular phraseology of the Constitution of the United States confirms and strengthens the principle, supposed to be essential to all written constitutions, that a law repugnant to the Constitution is void; and that courts, as well as other departments, are bound by that instrument.
Página 669 - The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this Union, the free inhabitants of each of these States, paupers, vagabonds and fugitives from justice excepted, shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens...
Página 428 - If the former part of the alternative be true, then a legislative act, contrary to the constitution, is not law: if the latter part be true, then written constitutions are absurd attempts, on the part of the people, to limit a power, in its own nature, illimitable.
Página 150 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.