 | Henry Barton Dawson - Constitutional law - 1863 - 770 pages
...Representatives of the People are superior to the People themselves ; that men acting by virtue of powers, may do not only what 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,... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1864 - 776 pages
...Representatives of the People are superior to the People themselves ; that men acting by virtue of powers, may do not only what 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,... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1864 - 850 pages
...representatives of the people are superior to the people themselves ; that men, acting by virtue of powers, may do not only what 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,... | |
 | United States - 1864 - 786 pages
...Representatives of the People are superior to the People themselves ; that men acting by virtue of powers, may do not only what 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,... | |
 | 1865 - 696 pages
...Representatives of the People are superior to the People themselves ; that men acting by virtue of powers, may do not only what 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,... | |
 | Law - 1917 - 510 pages
...representatives of the people are superior to the people themselves ; that men acting by virtue of powers may do not only what their powers do not authorize, but what they forbid. "A constitution is, in fact, and must be regarded by the judges, as a fundamental law. It, therefore,... | |
 | Missouri Bar Association - Bar associations - 1913 - 244 pages
...representatives of the people are superior to the people themselves; that men, acting by virtue of powers, may do not only what their powers do not authorize, but what they forbid." This right does not by any means suppose a superiority of the judicial to the legislative power, but... | |
 | Sir Fortunatus Dwarris - Constitutional law - 1885 - 698 pages
...representatives of the people are superior to the people themselves ; that men acting by virtue of powers, may do, not only what their powers do not authorize, but what they forbid." b By no provision of the constitution, are the legislature the constitutional judges of their own powers... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 800 pages
...the representatives of the people are superior to the people themselves; that men acting by virtue of power may do ' not only what their powers do not authorize, but what they forbid.' " Their oaths of office, too, prohibit, and the constitution itself in express terms prohibits the... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton - Finance - 1886 - 652 pages
...representatives of the people are superior to the people themselves ; that men acting by virtue of powers, may do not only what 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,... | |
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... Legislative act, therefore, contrary to the Constitution, can be valid. To deny this, would be to affirm, that the deputy is greater than his principal ; that the servant is above his master ; that the Representatives of the People are superior to... 
