 | Robert Walsh - 1827 - Broj stranica: 674
...practical and real omnipotence, with the same breath which professes to restrict their powers within narrow limits. It is prescribing limits, and declaring...pleasure. "That it thus reduces to nothing, what we deemed the greatest improvement on political institutions, — a written Constitution, — would of... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1827 - Broj stranica: 686
...what we deemed the greatest improvement on political institutions,—a written Constitution,—would of itself be sufficient, in America, where written...the construction. But the peculiar expressions of tl.e Constitution of the United States, furnish additional arguments in favour of its rejection." The... | |
 | John Marshall - 1839 - Broj stranica: 762
...practical and real omnipotence, with the same breath which professes to restrict their powers within narrow limits. It is prescribing limits, and declaring...reduces to nothing what we have deemed the greatest improvemenLon politicalinstitutions, a written constitution, would of itself be sufficient, in America,... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1851 - Broj stranica: 642
...practical and real omnipotence, with the same breath which professes to restrict their powers within narrow limits. It is prescribing limits, and declaring...where written constitutions have been viewed with so mnch reverence, for rejecting the construction. But the peculiar expressions of the constitution of... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - 1860 - Broj stranica: 874
...practical and real omnipotence with the same breath which professes to restrict their powers within narrow limits. It is prescribing limits and declaring that those limits may be passed at pleasure." — CJ MARSHALL, in Marbury tw. Madison, 1 Cranch, 177. In general, in our State constitutions the... | |
 | George Sharswood - 1860 - Broj stranica: 212
...practical and real omnipotence with the same breath which professes to restrict their powers within narrow limits. It is prescribing limits, and declaring that those limits may be passed at pleasure." (Marbury v. Madison, 1 Cranch, 177.) More weighty words than these have never, speaking of human things,... | |
 | John Fulton - 1864 - Broj stranica: 582
...practical and real omnipotence, with the same breath which professes to restrict their powers within narrow limits. It is prescribing limits, and declaring...have deemed the greatest improvement on political institutions—a written constitution—would of itself be sufficient, in America, where written constitutions... | |
 | 1868 - Broj stranica: 542
...practical and real omnipotence with the same breath which professes to restrict their pow rs within narrow limits. It is prescribing limits, and declaring...so much reverence for rejecting the construction. Undoubtedly it is a question of very grave consideration how far the different departments of the government,... | |
 | Andrew Johnson - 1868 - Broj stranica: 532
...with the same breath which professes to restrict their pow rs within narrow limits. It is.prescribing limits, and declaring that those limits may be passed...so much reverence for rejecting the construction. Undoubtedly it is a question of very grave consideration how far the different departments of the government,... | |
 | 1901 - Broj stranica: 510
...Constitution or the legislative act. If the statute controlled, then Marshall observed " it reduced to nothing what we have deemed the greatest improvement...political institutions — a written Constitution — and this is of itself sufficient in America, where written Constitutions have been viewed with... | |
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It would declare that if the legislature shall do what is expressly forbidden, such act, notwithstanding the express prohibition, is in reality effectual. It would be giving to the legislature a practical and real omnipotence, with the same breath which... 
