Legal Tender Cases of 1871: Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, December Term, 1870, in the Cases of Knox Vs. Lee, and Parker Vs. DavisBankers' Magazine and Statistical Register, 1872 - 137 páginas |
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... appropriate to the execution , not of a single authority , but of all the powers created by the Constitution . Under the power to establish post - offices and post - roads Congress has pro- vided for carrying the mails , punishing theft ...
... appropriate to the execution , not of a single authority , but of all the powers created by the Constitution . Under the power to establish post - offices and post - roads Congress has pro- vided for carrying the mails , punishing theft ...
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... appropriate , which are plainly adapted to that end , which are not prohibited , but consist with the letter and spirit of the Constitution , are constitutional . " The case also marks out with admirable preci- sion the province of this ...
... appropriate , which are plainly adapted to that end , which are not prohibited , but consist with the letter and spirit of the Constitution , are constitutional . " The case also marks out with admirable preci- sion the province of this ...
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... appropriate means , or means conducive to the execution of any or all of the powers in Congress , or of the government , not appropriate in any degree , ( for we are not judges of the degree of appropriateness ) , or we must hold that ...
... appropriate means , or means conducive to the execution of any or all of the powers in Congress , or of the government , not appropriate in any degree , ( for we are not judges of the degree of appropriateness ) , or we must hold that ...
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... appropriate and adapted to that end , ” in the language of Chief Justice MARSHALL ? That they did work such results is not to be doubted . Something revived the drooping faith of the people ; something brought immediately to the ...
... appropriate and adapted to that end , ” in the language of Chief Justice MARSHALL ? That they did work such results is not to be doubted . Something revived the drooping faith of the people ; something brought immediately to the ...
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... currency to the people by appropriate legislation . It was said there can be no ques- tion of the power of this government to emit bills of credit ; to make them receivable in payment of debts to itself ; to 18 Opinion of the Court .
... currency to the people by appropriate legislation . It was said there can be no ques- tion of the power of this government to emit bills of credit ; to make them receivable in payment of debts to itself ; to 18 Opinion of the Court .
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Página 116 - State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under the United States, and the decision is against their validity; or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under any State, on the ground of their being repugnant to the constitution, treaties or laws of the United States...
Página 37 - Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the Constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end, which are not prohibited, but consistent with the letter and spirit of the Constitution, are constitutional.
Página 15 - But where the law is not prohibited, and is really calculated to effect any of the objects entrusted to the government, to undertake here to inquire into the degree of its necessity, would be to pass the line which circumscribes the judicial department, and to tread on legislative ground.
Página 86 - If the end be clearly comprehended within any of the specified powers, and if the measure have an obvious relation to that end, and is not forbidden by any particular provision of the Constitution, it may safely be deemed to come within the compass of the national authority.
Página 11 - 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.
Página 10 - But it is not on slight implication and vague conjecture that the legislature is to be pronounced to have transcended its powers, and its acts to be considered as void. The opposition between the Constitution and the law should be such that the judge feels a clear and strong conviction of their incompatibility with each other.
Página 106 - That government can scarcely be deemed to be free, where the rights of property are left solely dependent upon the will of a legislative body, without any restraint. The fundamental maxims of a free government seem to require that the rights of personal liberty and private property should be held sacred.
Página 26 - VI. that the Constitution, and the laws of the United States made in pursuance thereof, and all treaties made under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land.
Página 62 - States are expressly prohibited from making anything but gold and silver a tender in payment of debts and...
Página 116 - A final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under, the United States, and the decision is against their validity...