 There is no position which depends on clearer principles than that every act of a delegated authority contrary to the tenor of the commission under which it is exercised is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the Constitution, can be valid....  American law reports annotated - Page 2821923Full view - About this book
 | Virginia. General Court, William Brockenbrough, Hugh Holmes - Courts - 1815 - 364 pages
...constitution, can be valid. To deny this " would be to affirm, that the deputy is greater than the " principal; that the servant is above his master; that...the people are superior to the people " themselves. " If it be said that the legislative body are themselves " the constitutional judges of their own powers,... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional history - 1817 - 570 pages
...exercised, is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the constitution, can be valid. To deny this would be to affirm, that the deputy is greater than...of powers, may do not only what their powers do not authorise, but what they forbid. If it be said that the legislative body are themselves the constitutional... | |
 | James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1818 - 882 pages
...exercised, is void, No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the constitution, can be valid. To deny this, would be to affirm, that the deputy is greater than...that men, acting by virtue of powers, may do not only wlnrf their powers do not authorize, but what they forbids If it be said Unit the legislative body... | |
 | James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1826 - 736 pages
...would be to affirm, that the deputy is greater than his principal ; that the servant is above liis master; that the representatives of the people are...do not only what their powers do not authorize, but whal they forbid. If it be said that the legislative body are themselves the constitutional judges... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - United States - 1831 - 758 pages
...this, would be to affirm, that the deputy is greater than his * Spirit of Lawi, TOl. I, p•g* 181. principal ; that the servant is above his master ; that the representatives of the people are superiour to the people themselves ; that men, acting by virtue of powers, may do not only what their... | |
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1833 - 800 pages
...exercised, is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the constitution, can he valid. To deny this, would be to affirm, that the deputy is greater than...their powers do not authorize, but what they forbid. " If it be said, that the legislative body are themselves the constitutional judges of their own powers,... | |
 | William Paley - Ethics - 1835 - 324 pages
...contrary to the true intent and meaning of the constitution, is absolutely null and void.* To deny this, would be to affirm, that the deputy is greater than...their powers do not authorize, but what they forbid. The proper and peculiar province of the courts is the interpretation of the laws. A constitution is,... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional history - 1837 - 516 pages
...exercised, is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the constitution, can be valid. To deny this, would be to affirm, that the deputy is greater than...their powers do not authorize, but what they forbid. If it be said that the legislative body are themselves the constitutional judges of their own powers,... | |
 | George Washington Frost Mellen - Constitutional history - 1841 - 452 pages
...exercised, is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the Constitution, can be v;.Iid. To deny this would be to affirm that the deputy is greater than...people are superior to the people themselves, that mere actions, by virtue of powers, may do not only what their powers do not authorize, but what they... | |
 | William Alexander Duer - Constitutional law - 1843 - 442 pages
...authority from the people, can be valid. To deny this would be to affirm that the deputy is superior to his principal ; that the servant is above his master ; that the representatives of the people are greater than the people themselves ; and that persons acting in virtue of a delegated authority not... | |
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