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" A constitution is, in fact, and must be regarded by the judges, as a fundamental law. It therefore belongs to them to ascertain its meaning, as well as the meaning of any particular act proceeding from the legislative body. If there should happen to be... "
Reports of Cases in Law and Equity, Argued and Determined in the Supreme ... - Page 218
by Georgia. Supreme Court - 1850
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in Ohio Courts of Record ..., Volume 22

William John Tossell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1913 - 912 pages
...Georgia used the following language : "The right here asserted is a necessary attribute of every eonrt in the country, as will appear from the fact, that...intention of their agents. Nor does this conclusion, as shown in the work first above cited, by any means suppose a superiority of the judiciary to the legislative....
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Cases on Constitutional Law: With Notes, Volume 1

James Bradley Thayer - Constitutional law - 1895 - 1214 pages
...from the legislative body. If there should happen to be an irreconcilable variance between the two. ssell on Crimes, 866. RUFFIN, J. A judge cannot but lament, when such lie preferred ; or, in other words, the Constitution ought to be preferred to the statut«, the intention...
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Cases on American Constitutional Law

Lawrence Boyd Evans - Constitutional law - 1898 - 702 pages
...from the legislative body. If there should happen to be an irreconcilable variance between the two, that which has the superior obligation and validity...words, the Constitution ought to be preferred to the statutes, the intention of the people to the intention of their agents."" Hamilton, in The Federalist,...
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The Federalist: A Collection of Essays by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and ...

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1901 - 536 pages
...from the legislative body. If there should happen to be an irreconcilable variance between the two, that which has the superior obligation and validity ought, of course, to be preferred ; or, in other words, the constitution ought to be preferred to the statute, the intention of the people...
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The Federalist: A Collection of Essays

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1901 - 520 pages
...from the legislative body. If there should happen to be an irreconcilable variance between the two, that which has the superior obligation and validity ought, of course, to be preferred ; or, in other words, the constitution ought to be preferred to the statute, the intention of the people...
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Universal Classics Library, Volume 12

Literature - 1901 - 484 pages
...from the legislative body. If there should happen to be an irreconcilable variance between the two, that which has the superior obligation and validity ought, of course, to be preferred; or, in other words, the Constitution ought to be preferred to the statute, the intention of the people...
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The Iowa Journal of History and Politics, Volume 1

Iowa - 1903 - 606 pages
...obligation and validity ought, of course, to be preferred; or, in other words, the Constitution should be preferred to the statute; the intention of the...intention of their agents. Nor does this conclusion by any means suppose the superiority of the judicial to the legislative power. It only supposes that...
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The Iowa Journal of History and Politics, Volume 1

Iowa - 1903 - 628 pages
...proceeding from a legislative body. If there should happen to be an irreconcilable variance between the two, that which has the superior obligation and validity ought, of course, to be preferred; or, in other words, the Constitution should be preferred to the statute; the intention of the people...
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Lawyers' Reports Annotated, Book 64

Law reports, digests, etc - 1904 - 1072 pages
...the two, that which has the superior obligation and validity ought, of course, to be preferred ; or, in other words, the constitution ought to be preferred...intention of their agents. '•Nor does this conclusion by any means suppose a superiority of the judicial to the legislative power. It only supposes that...
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The United States and the States Under the Constitution

Christopher Stuart Patterson - Constitutional law - 1904 - 408 pages
...duty it must be to declare all acts contrary to the manifest tenor of the Constitution void. . . . The Constitution ought to be preferred to the statute, the intention of the people to the intention "Packet Co. v. Keokuk, 95 US 80; Pollock v. FL & T. Co., 158 id. 601 ; cf . Presser v. Illinois, 116...
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