 If, then, the courts are to regard the Constitution, and the Constitution is superior to any ordinary act of the legislature, the Constitution, and not such ordinary act, must govern the case to which they both apply. Those, then, who controvert the principle...  Addresses - Page 14by Le Baron Bradford Colt - 1906 - 155 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Albert Jeremiah Beveridge - 1919 - 730 pages
...to any ordinary act of the legislature," the Judiciary must prefer it to a mere statute. Otherwise "courts must close their eyes on the constitution," and see only the legislative enactment. 2 '''But to do this "would subvert the very foundation of all written constitutions."... | |
 | James Brown Scott - 1920 - 638 pages
...legislature, the constitution, and not such ordinary act, must govern the case to which they both apply. Those, then, who controvert the principle that the...principles and theory of our government, is entirely vq>d, is yet, in practice, completely obligatory. It would declare that if the legislature shall do... | |
 | 1921 - 612 pages
...governs the case. This is of the very essence of judicial duty. [However, there are those who maintain] that courts must close their eyes on the Constitution, and see only the law. . . . This doctrine would sub vert the very foundation of all written constitutions. It would declare that an act which, according... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1922 - 1044 pages
...legislature, the constitution, and not such ordinary act, must govern the case to which they both apply. Those, then, who controvert the principle that the...the constitution and see only the law. This doctrine must subvert the very foundation of all written constitutions. It would declare that an act which,... | |
 | Dormin J. Ettrude - 1924 - 118 pages
...legislature, the Constitution, and not such ordinary act, must govern the case to which they both apply. Those, then, who controvert the principle that the...their eyes on the Constitution, and see only the law. shall do what is expressly forbidden, such act, notwithstanding the express prohibition, is in reality... | |
 | Everett Kimball - 1924 - 800 pages
...Constitugress, gov- tion an(l not such ordinary act must govern the case to which they ernscase ' both apply. Those then who controvert the principle that the Constitution...law, are reduced to the necessity of maintaining that the courts must close their eyes on the Constitution and see only the law. TO overlook This doctrine... | |
 | Harold Edgar Barnes, B. A. Milner - 1924 - 440 pages
...legislature, the Constitution, and not such ordinary act, must govern the case to which they both apply. Those, then, who controvert the principle that the Constitution is to be considtred, in court as a paramount law, are reduced to the necessity of maintaining that courts must... | |
 | 1915 - 532 pages
...legislature, the Constitution and not such ordinary act, must govern the case to which both apply. "Those then, who controvert the principle that the...law are reduced to the necessity of maintaining that the courts must close their eyes on the Constitution and see only the law. "This doctrine would subvert... | |
 | Bertha Moser Haines, Charles Grove Haines - 1928 - 350 pages
...legislature, the Constitution, and not such ordinary act, must govern the case to which they both apply. Those, then, who controvert the principle that the...only the law. This doctrine would subvert the very foundations of all written constitutions. ... It would be giving to the legislature a practical and... | |
 | North Carolina Bar Association - 1908 - 218 pages
...legislature, the constitution, and not such ordinary act, must govern the case to which they both apply. "Those, then, who controvert the principle that the constitution is to be considered in courts, as a paramount law, are reduced to the necessity of maintaining that courts must close their... | |
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