...business which Congress could not l>e supposed to have prohibited, unless the intent was plain. 2. That an act of Congress ought never to be construed to violate the law of nations if any other construction were possible, and consequently should not be construed to violate neutral rights or commerce....

...is explained by the preceding statement of the Chief Justice, in the same sentence, that such an Act ought never to be construed to violate the law of...nations "if any other possible construction remains." In regard to a British Order in Council affecting the rules of decision in prize cases, the author...

...like an Act of Congress in the United States, according to the celebrated dictum of Marshall, CJ, " ought never to be construed to violate the law of nations if any other possible construction remains."3 Professor Westlake has stated concerning the law that should 1 Quoted in the Encyclopaedia...

...Tex. 106. 2 Or. 64-126, 2 L. 208, MURRAY T. THE CHARMING BETSEY. Construction of acts of congress.— An act of congress ought never to be construed to...nations, If any other possible construction remains, p. 118. Cited and applied in opinion rendered by Appleton and Kent, .1.1 ., to house of representatives,...

...statutory construction since the decision in Murray v. The Charming Betsy, 2 Cranch 64, 118 (1804), that "an act of congress ought never to be construed to...nations, if any other possible construction remains . . . ." In McCulloch v. Sociedad National de Marineros de Honduras, 372 US 10, 20-21 (1963), this...

...providing a rule different from that laid down by international law, the only observation made being that " an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations if any other possible construction remains." In The Nereide3 Marshall again declares: ''Till an act [of Congress] be passed, the court is bound...

...ed. 456, 18 Sup. Ct. Rep. 83; Hatch v. Baez (1876) 7 Hun, 596). Accordingly, it has been held that an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations if any other possible construction remains. Murray v. The Charming Betsy (1804) 2 Cranch, 64, 2 L. ed. 208; Ex parte Blumer (1865) 27 Tex. 734....

...providing a rule different from that laid down by international law, the only observation made being that "an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations if any other possible construction remains." Where principles of international law are applicable they do not need to be proved as in the case of...

...pp. 357, 366. .Marshall, in the case of the Charming Betsy1 (1804) said : "It has been observed that an act of Congress ought never to be construed to violate the law of nations if any other pctfc-ible construction remains, and consequently can never be construed to violate neutral rights,...

...is explained by the preceding statement of the Chief Justice, in the same sentence, that such an Act ought never to be construed to violate the law of...nations "if any other possible construction remains." In regard to a British Order in Council affecting the rules of decision in prize cases, the author...