...that can plausibly be imputed to prior courts"), with the more democratic views of a more humble man: [T]he candid citizen must confess that if the policy...irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, ... the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their Government...

...seemed more appropriate to the issue than the sixteenth President's statement in his Inaugural Address: "The candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the government on vital questions, affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme...

...he feared the citizenry might pass to it by default. In his first inaugural address, he explained: "At the same time the candid citizen must confess...vital questions, affecting the whole people, is to irrevocably fixed, by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made, in ordinary litigation...

...he feared the citizenry might pass to it by default. In his first inaugural address, he explained: "At the same time the candid citizen must confess...vital questions, affecting the whole people, is to irrevocably fixed, by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made, in ordinary litigation...

...Supreae Court... At the saae tiae. the candid citizen must confess that If the policy of the Governaent upon vital questions affecting the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed by the decisions of the Supreme Court, the Instant they are Bade... The people will have ceased to be...

...institutions. Abraham Lincoln posed the question most poignantly: "If the policy of the government, upon the vital questions affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by the decisions of the Supreme Court the moment they are made, as in ordinary cases between parties in...

...congressional legislation. Abraham Lincoln warned of this in his first inaugural address when he said: "ITIhe candid citizen must confess that if the policy of...fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court * * * the people have ceased to be their own rulers, having, to that extent, practically resigned their government...

...position assumed by some that constitutional questions are to be decided by the Supreme Court. ... At the same time, the candid citizen must confess...Government upon vital questions affecting the whole of the people is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court . . . the people will have...

...since. Abraham Lincoln posed the question most poignantly: "If the policy of the government, upon the vital questions affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by the decisions of the Supreme Court the moment they are made, as in ordinary cases between parties in...

...extension to other contexts. As Abraham Lincoln, discussing the Dredd Scott decision, put it: iT)he candid citizen must confess that if the policy of...fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant that they are made, in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have...