 | United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch - 1804 - 514 lapas
...with ordinary legiflative afts, and like other afts, is alterable when the legiilature fhall pleafe to alter it. If the former part of the alternative be true, then a legiflative aft contrary to the conftitution is not law : if the latter part be true, then written... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch - 1812 - 486 lapas
...level with ordinary legislative acts, and, like other acts, is alterable when the legislature shall please to alter it. If the former part of the alternative...the part of the people, to limit a power in its own nature illimitable. Certainly ail those who have framed written constitutions contemplate them as forming... | |
 | William Wirt - 1826 - 690 lapas
...level with ordinary legislative acts, and like other acts, is alterable when the legislature shall please to alter it. ' If the former part of the alternative...the part of the people, to limit a power, in its own nature illimitable. 'Certainly all those who have framed written constitutions, contemplate them as... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1827 - 674 lapas
...level with ordinary legislative Acts, and, like other Acts, is alterable when the legislature shall please to alter it. " If the former part of the alternative...legislative Act, contrary to the Constitution, is not a law ; if the latter part be true, then written Constitutions are absurd attempts, on the part of... | |
 | William Sullivan - 1830 - 72 lapas
...level with ordinary legislative acts, and like other acts, is alterable when the legislature shall please to alter it. ' If the former part of the alternative...the part of the people, to limit a power, in its own nature illimitable. 'Certainly all those who have framed written constitutions, contemplate them as... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1833 - 800 lapas
...level wi'h ordmary legislative acts, and, like other acts, is alterable, when the legislature shall please to alter it If the former part of the alternative...latter part be true, then written constitutions are obsurd attempts, on the part of the people, to limit a power, in its own nature illimitable. " Certainly... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1827 - 686 lapas
...part of the alternative be true, then a legislative Act, contrary to the Constitution, is not a la\u; if the latter part be true, then written Constitutions...on the part of the people, to limit a power, in its na ture illimitable. " Certainly all those who have framed written Constitutions, contemplate them... | |
 | John Marshall - 1839 - 762 lapas
...level with ordinary legislative acts, and, like other acts, is alterable when the legislature shall please to alter it. If the former part of the alternative...the part of the people to limit a power in its own nature illimitable. Certainly all those who have framed written constitutions contemplate them as forming... | |
 | James Wynne - 1850 - 372 lapas
...level with ordinary legistive acts, and like other acts, it is alterable, when the legislature shall please to alter it. " If the former part of the alternative...the part of the people to limit a power in its own nature illimitable. " Certainly all those who have framed written constitutions, contemplate them as... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1851 - 642 lapas
...level with ordinary legislative acts, and, like other acts, is alterable, when the legislature shall please to alter it. If the former part of the alternative...the part of the people to limit a power, in its own nature 1llimitable. " Certainly all those who have framed written constitutions contemplate them as... | |
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The Constitution is either a superior paramount law unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legislative Acts, and like other Acts is alterable when the Legislature shall please to alter it. If the former part of the alternative... 
