 | Virginia. General Court, William Brockenbrough, Hugh Holmes - Courts - 1815 - 364 pages
...course to be preferred; or, in other " words, the constitution ought to be preferred to the " statutes; the intention of the people to the intention of "...conclusion by any means suppose a " superiority of the judiciary to the legislative power. " It only supposes that the power of the people is supe" rior to... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional history - 1817 - 570 pages
...course, to be preferred: in other words, the constitution ou<;ht to be preferred to the sta. tute, the intention of the people to the intention of their agents. Nor does the conclusion by any means suppose a superiority of the judicial to the legislative power. It only... | |
 | James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1818 - 882 pages
...which has the superior obligation and validity ought, of course, to be preferred : in other words, the constitution ought to be preferred to the statute ; the intention of the peoplf toJhe intention of their agents. (Nor does the conclusion by any means suppose a superiority... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1830 - 692 pages
...to be any irreconcilcable variance between the two, of course, to be preferred; or, in other words, the constitution ought to be preferred to the statute,...intention of the people to the intention of their agents. As long-, therefore, as the Federal courts retain their honesty and independence, our constitution... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1830 - 692 pages
...to be any irrcconcileable variance between the two, of course, to be preferred! or, in other words, the constitution ought to be preferred to the statute,...intention of the people to the intention of their agents. As long, therefore, as the Federal courts retain their honesty and! independence, our constitution... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - United States - 1831 - 758 pages
...preferred to the statute ; the intention of the people to the intention of their agents. Nor does the conclusion by any means suppose a superiority of the...power. It only supposes that the power of the people is superiour to both ; and that where the will of the legislature declared in its statutes, stands in... | |
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1833 - 800 pages
...which has the superior obligation and validity ought, of course, to be preferred : in other words, the constitution ought to be preferred to the statute...intention of the people to the intention of their agents. has decided, that in the last resort the judiciary must decide upon the constitutionality of the acts... | |
 | William Paley - Ethics - 1835 - 324 pages
...shown that judges should hare primary regard to the constitution ? * K>nt's Com. Loot. 20. statutes ; the intention of the people, to the intention of their agents. Nor docs the conclusion by any means suppose a superiority of the judicial to the legislative power. It... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional history - 1837 - 516 pages
...which has the superior obligation and validity ought, of course, to be preferred : in other words, the constitution ought to be preferred to the statute...people to the intention of their agents. Nor does the conclusion by any means suppose a superiority of the judicial to the legislative power. It only... | |
 | George Washington Frost Mellen - Constitutional history - 1841 - 452 pages
...that which has the superior obligation and validity ought, of course, to be preferred: in other words, the Constitution ought to be preferred to the statute;...people to the intention of their agents. " Nor does the conclusion, by any means, suppose a superiority of the judicial to the legislative power. It only... | |
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... the Constitution ought to be preferred to the statute, the intention of the people to the intention of their agents. 
