...affirmations and negations, guarranties and prohibitions, in the Constitution, that controversies never arise concerning them. But no organic law can ever be framed...from labor be surrendered by national or by State authority? The Constitution does not expressly say. May Congress prohibit slavery in the territories?...

...vast and so complex that the rules of necessity must be broad and inclusive. As Lincoln put it: ". . . no organic law can ever be framed with a provision...length contain express provisions for all possible questions."41 The provisions in the Bill of Rights have the form of abstract general principles. It...

...affirmations and negations, guarantees and prohibitions, in the Constitution, that controversies never arise concerning them. But no organic law can ever be framed...from labor be surrendered by national or by State authority? The Constitution does not expressly say. May Congress prohibit slavery in the territories?...

...agreement that no violations had occurred. As a result, he quickly noted areas of ambiguity. He said: No foresight can anticipate nor any document of reasonable...from labor be surrendered by national or by State authority? The Constitution does not expressly say. May Congress prohibit slavery in the Territories?...

...Abraham Lincoln, v. 3, p. 448. Rutgers University Press (1953, 1990). On secession. See also SECESSION But no organic law can ever be framed with a provision...contain express provisions for all possible questions. "First Inaugural Address," March 4, 1 86 1 , reprinted in Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, v. 4,...

...Inaugural Address, in his Speeches and Writings, 1859-1965 (New York: Library of America, nd), 215, at 220: No foresight can anticipate, nor any document of reasonable...from labor be surrendered by national or by State authority? The Constitution does not expressly say. May Congress prohibit slavery in the territories?...

...affirmations and negations, guaranties and prohibitions, in the Constitution that controversies never arise concerning them. But no organic law can ever be framed...from labor be surrendered by national or by State authority? The Constitution does not expressly say. May Congress prohibit slavery in the Territories?...

...would jeopardize control over the rest of them.) May Congress prohibit slavery in the territories? The Constitution does not expressly say. Must Congress...the territories? The Constitution does not expressly say.348 The Supreme Court was taken to have ruled in Dred Scott that Congress could not prohibit slavery...

...affirmations and negations, guaranties and prohibitions, in the Constitution that controversies never arise concerning them. But no organic law can ever be framed...from labor be surrendered by national or by State authority? The Constitution does not expressly say. May Congress prohibit slavery in the Territories?...

...affirmations and negations, guaranties and prohibitions, in the Constitution, that controversies never arise concerning them. But no organic law can ever be framed...from labor be surrendered by national or by State authority? The Constitution does not expressly say. May Congress prohibit slavery in the territories?...