...issues, he would have insisted that "the Congress, the Executive, and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each...understands it, and not as it is understood by others." 23 One can hardly imagine the firestorm of criticism that would descend upon a modern president who...

...pulpit from which to expound his own constitutional doctrines. As President Andrew Jackson said in 1832: Each public officer who takes an oath to support the...understands it, and not as it is understood by others — The opinion of the judges has no more authority over Congress than the opinion of Congress has...

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...veto message regarding the creation of the Bank of the United States on July 10, 1832, and I quote: "Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he or she will support it as he understands it and not as it is understood by others. The opinion of the...

...co-ordinate authorities of this government. The Congress, the Executive and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the constitution. Each...swears that he will support it as he understands it. It is as much the duty of the House of Representatives, of the Senate, and of the President to decide...

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...Jackson issued the following veto message regarding the creation of the Bank of the United States: Each public officer who takes an oath to support the...swears that he will support it as he understands it, ana not as it is understood by others. . . . The opinion of the judges has no more authority over the...