...liberty certainly consists in the right of every individual to claim the protection of the laws^whenever he receives an injury. One of the first duties of government is to afford that protection."" The Chief Justice then added: "The govern/nent of the United States has been emphatically termed a...

...Chief Justice Marshall answered emphatically in the affirmative: "The very essence of civil liberty certainly consists in the right of every individual to claim the protection of the laws^whenever he receives an injury. One of the first duties of government is to afford that protection.""...

...to adjust their remedies so as to grant the necessary relief."5 "The very essence of civil liberty certainly consists in the right of every individual...the protection of the laws whenever he receives an injury."8 Having concluded that Bivens' complaint stated a cause of action, the 1. Bivens v. Agents...

...recognized by Chief Justice Marshall in Marbury v. Madison in 1803: The very essence of civil liberty certainly consists in the right of every individual to claim the protection of the law whenever he receives an injury. The civil justice system and the right to sue for personal injuries...

...constitutional system of checks and balances, Marshall declared that the "very essence of civil liberty certainly consists in the right of every individual...duties of government is to afford that protection." 1v Accordingly, he concluded that "an act of the legislature, repugnant to the Constitution, is void.'"...

...review of executive action, Chief Justice Marshall insisted that "[t]he very essence of civil liberty certainly consists in the right of every individual to claim the protection of the laws." Later, in the lesser known but nonetheless important case of United States v. Nourse, 9 Pet. 8, 28-29...

...blacks as well.41 Chief Justice Marshall put the point more broadly: "The very essence of civil liberty certainly consists in the right of every individual...of the first duties of government is to afford that protection."42 Though Marshall did not invoke the Constitution in this passage, it would not be a huge...

...constitutional violation. "The very essence of civil liberty certainly consists in the right of any individual to claim the protection of the laws, whenever he receives an injury," Chief Justice John Marshall wrote in Marbury v. Madison.2™ "One of the first duties of government...

...expressed his understanding of this contractual responsibility, "The very essence of civil liberty . . . consists in the right of every individual to claim the protection of the laws, whenever he [or she] receives an injury" (163). It should be mentioned in haste, though, that throughout the history...

...very essence of civil liberty," says Chief Justice Marshall, who delivered the opinion of the Court, " certainly consists in the right of every individual...in the respectful form of a petition, and he never fails to comply with the judgment of his Court." And again: "The Government of the United States has...