Combating Domestic Terrorism: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Crime of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, May 3, 1995

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Página 176 - 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. To deny this would be to affirm that the deputy is greater than his principal, that the servant is above his master, that the representatives of the people are superior to the people themselves, that men acting by virtue of powers may do not only...
Página 186 - Wherefore, whenever the ends of Government are perverted, and public liberty manifestly endangered, and all other means of redress are ineffectual, the People may, and of right ought, to reform the old, or establish a new Government : the doctrine of non-resistance against arbitrary power and oppression is absurd, slavish and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind.
Página 179 - Lester C. Thurow, The Zero-Sum Society: Distribution and the Possibilities for Economic Change (New York: Basic Books, 1980), pp.
Página 176 - If it be said that the legislative body are themselves the constitutional judges of their own powers, and that the construction they put upon them is conclusive upon the other departments, it may be answered that this cannot be the natural presumption, where it is not to be collected from any particular provisions in the Constitution.
Página 176 - It is far more rational to suppose that the courts were designed to be an intermediate body between the people and the legislature, in order, among other things, to keep the latter within the limits assigned to their authority.
Página 162 - NACDL is a specialized bar association representing the nation's criminal defense lawyers. Its 8,700 direct members and 70 State and local affiliates include private criminal defense lawyers, public defenders, and law professors. The 36-year old association is devoted to ensuring justice and due process for persons accused of crime; fostering the integrity, independence, and expertise of the criminal defense profession; and promoting the proper and fair administration of criminal justice.
Página 179 - It is manifest that it was not left to the legislative power to enact any process which might be devised. The article is a restraint on the legislative as well as on the executive and judicial powers of the government, and cannot be so construed as to leave congress free to make any process 'due process of law
Página 140 - Treasury's enforcement bureaus: the Secret Service, the Customs Service, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.
Página 170 - The very fact that no sabotage has taken place to date is a disturbing and confirming indication that such action will be taken.
Página 177 - I do not suggest that the courts should have attempted to interfere with the Army in carrying out its task. But I do not think they may be asked to execute a military expedient that has no place in law under the Constitution.

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