| United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch - 1812 - 486 pages
...allowed, are of equal obligation. It is a proposition too plain to be contested, that the constitution controls any legislative act repugnant to it; or,...alternatives there is no middle ground. The constitution is either a superior paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary... | |
| William Wirt - 1826 - 690 pages
...allowed, are of equal obligation. It is a proposition too plain to be contested, that the constitution controls any legislative act repugnant to it; or,...alternatives there is no middle ground. The constitution is either a superior, paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary... | |
| Robert Walsh - 1827 - 674 pages
...allowed, are of equal obligation. It is a proposition too plain to be contested, that the Constitution controls any legislative Act repugnant to it ; or,...alternatives there is no middle ground. The Constitution is either a superior, paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary... | |
| William Sullivan - 1830 - 72 pages
...allowed, are of equal obligation. It is a proposition too plain to be contested, that the constitution controls any legislative act repugnant to it; or,...alternatives there is no middle ground. The constitution is either a superior, paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary... | |
| Robert Walsh - 1827 - 686 pages
...allowed, are of equal obligation. It is a proposition too plain to be contested, that the Constitution controls any legislative Act repugnant to it; or,...legislature may alter the Constitution by an ordinary Act. " This original and supreme will organizes the government, and assigns to different departments their... | |
| John Marshall - 1839 - 762 pages
...allowed are of equal obligation. \tt is a proposition too plain to be contested, that the constitution controls any legislative act repugnant to it ; or...legislature may alter the constitution by an ordinary act. 3 .Between these alternatives there is no middle ground. The constitution is either a superior, paramount... | |
| E. Fitch Smith - 1848 - 1004 pages
...allowed are of equal obligation. It is a proposition too plain to be contested, that the constitution controls any legislative act repugnant to it; or,...alternatives there is no middle ground. The constitution is either a superior paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary... | |
| James Wynne - 1850 - 372 pages
...allowed, are of equal obligation. It is a proposition too plain to be contested, that the constitution controls any legislative act repugnant to it, or that...alternatives there is no middle ground. The constitution is either a superior paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary... | |
| George Van Santvoord - 1854 - 550 pages
...imposed. It is a proposition too plain to be contested, that the Constitution controls any legis lative act repugnant to it, or, that the Legislature may...alternatives there is no middle ground. The Constitution is either a superior, paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary... | |
| Illinois. Supreme Court - 1911 - 712 pages
...allowed are of equal obligation. It is a proposition too plain to be contested that the constitution controls any legislative act repugnant to it, or that...legislature may alter the constitution by an ordinary act." It will be noted that section 1 of the statute under consideration makes it unlawful to erect a structure... | |
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