 It is also not entirely unworthy of observation, that in declaring what shall be the supreme law of the land, the Constitution itself is first mentioned; and not the laws of the United States generally, but those only which shall be made in pursuance...  The United States Government - Page 263by Everett Kimball - 1924 - 785 pagesFull view - About this book
 | United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch - Court rules - 1812 - 486 pages
...land, the constitution itself is first mentioned ; and not the laws of the United States generally, but those only which shall be made in pursuance of the...law repugnant to the constitution is void ; and that courts, as well as other departments, are bound by that instrument. The rule must be discharged. *181... | |
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1833 - 800 pages
...land, the comlilution itself is first mentioned ; and not the laws of the United States generally, but those only, which shall be made in pursuance of the...particular phraseology of the constitution of the United Statos confirms and strengthens the principle, supposed to be essential to all written constitutions,... | |
 | John Marshall - Constitutional law - 1839 - 762 pages
...land, the constitution itself is first mentioned ; and not the laws of the United States generally, but those only which shall be made in pursuance of the...law repugnant to the constitution is void ; and that courts, as well as other departments, are bound by that instrument. The rule must be discharged. 1... | |
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1851 - 642 pages
...land. the constitution itself is first mentioned; and not the laws of the United States generally, but those only, which shall be made in pursuance of the constitution, have that rank. Tims, the particular phraseology of the constitution of the United States confirms and strengthens... | |
 | John Fulton - Constitutional history - 1864 - 582 pages
...land, the Constitution itself is first mentioned ; and not the laws of the United States generally, but those only which shall be made in pursuance of the...principle supposed to be essential to all written constitutions—that a law repugnant to the Constitution is void, and that courts, as well as other... | |
 | Impeachments - 1868 - 542 pages
...every such government must be, that an act of the legislature, repugnant to the Cunstitution is void. Thus the particular phraseology of the Constitution...law repugnant to the Constitution is void; and that courts, as well as other departments, arc bound by that instrument. In Dodge vs. Woolsey, (18 Howard,... | |
 | Benjamin Robbins Curtis, Alexander James Dallas, William Cranch, United States. Supreme Court, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 708 pages
...land) the constitution itself is first mentioned; and not the laws of the United States generally, but those only which shall be made in pursuance of the...law repugnant to the constitution is void; and that courts, as well as other departments, arc bound by that instrument. The rule must be discharged. Clark... | |
 | Law - 1901 - 510 pages
...which constitutes the foundation and superstructure of American constitutional law, namely: " It is essential to all written Constitutions that a law...Constitution is void, and that the courts, as well as the other departments, are bound by that instrument." That is to say, the federal Constitution is the... | |
 | Orlando Bump - Constitutional law - 1878 - 474 pages
...land, the Constitution itself is first mentioned, and not the laws of the United States generally, but those only which shall be made in pursuance of the Constitution have that rank. Marbury v. Madison, 1 Cranch, 137. An act of Congress repugnant to the Constitution, is void, for the... | |
 | Tennessee Bar Association - Bar associations - 1913 - 282 pages
...preserve?" Other illustrations of similar character are used in the opinion, and finally he writes: "The particular phraseology of the Constitution of...strengthens the principle supposed to be essential to all writen constitut inns, that a law repugnant to the Constitution is void, and the Courts as well as... | |
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