 | Benjamin Robbins Curtis, United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1864 - 772 pages
...that navigation may be connected with commerce with foreign nations, or among the several States." " It is the power to regulate ; that is, to prescribe the rule by which commerce is governed." " Vessels have always been employed to a greater or less [ * 437 ] extent in the transportation... | |
 | Lewis Cass - Harbors - 1856 - 96 pages
...attention in the present inquiry. "This power," that to regulate commerce^ says the Chief Justice, " like all others vested in Congress, is complete in...acknowledges no limitations other than are prescribed by the Constitution. These are expressed in plain terms, and. do not affect the questions which arise... | |
 | Henry Flanders - 1858 - 572 pages
...then, whatever it may be, must be exercised within the territorial jurisdiction of the several States.' 'What is this power ? It is the power to regulate...limitations other than are prescribed in the Constitution/ 'It has been contended by the counsel for the appellant, that, as the word "to regulate" implies in... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1911 - 710 pages
...or, in certain cases, by Congress." In Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheat. 1, on page 196, the court said : "It is the power to regulate, — that is, to prescribe...limitations other than are prescribed in the constitution. * * * If, as has always been understood, the sovereignty of Congress, though limited to specified objects,... | |
 | Nathaniel Carter Towle - Constitutional history - 1861 - 460 pages
...scribe the rules by which commerce is to be governed. Like all other powers vested in Congress, it is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and has no other limitations than such as are prescribed in the Constitution. Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheat.... | |
 | Frederick Charles Brightly - Law - 1865 - 1152 pages
...power to tax the loans of the United States. Weston r. City Council of Charleston, 2 Pet. 449, 405. (d) nufactures of cotton, linen, silk, wuol "r worsted,...otherwise, by machinery or with the needle, or other proc nre prescribed in the constitution. Gibbons r. Ogden. 9 Wh. 196. Commerce with foreign nations, nd... | |
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional law - 1865 - 382 pages
...in order to ascertain the extent of the power, to ascertain the meaning of the words. The power is, to regulate ; that is, to prescribe the rule, by which commerce is to be governed. The subject to be regulated, is commerce. Is that limited to traffic, to buying and selling, or the... | |
 | New York (State). Court of Appeals, Joel Tiffany - Law reports, digests, etc - 1868 - 1050 pages
...discussing the question, what is this power of regulation, Chief-Justice Marshall says : " It is the power to prescribe the rule by which commerce is to be governed....limitations other than are prescribed in the constitution The wisdom and discretion of Congress, their identity with the people, and the influence which their... | |
 | John Norton Pomeroy - Constitutional law - 1868 - 588 pages
...is this power ? It is the power to regulate; that is, to prescribe the rule by 1 9 Wheaton's R. 196. which commerce is to be governed. This power, like...limitations other than are prescribed in the Constitution. These are expressed in plain terms, and do not affect the questions which arise in this case, or which... | |
 | John Norton Pomeroy - Constitutional law - 1868 - 570 pages
...to meet the important question under consideration. He says : i " We are now arrived at the inquiry, What is this power ? It is the power to regulate ; that is, to prescribe the rule by 1 9 Wheaton's R. 196. which commerce is to be governed. This power, like all others vested in Congress,... | |
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It is the power to regulate; that is, to prescribe the rule by which commerce is to be governed. This power, like all others vested in congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations other than are... 
