 | United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch - 1812 - 486 lapas
...our socicty. It is not therefore to be lost sight of in the further consideration of this subject. If an act of the legislature, repugnant to the constitution,...give it effect? Or, in other words, though it be not law, does it constitute a rule as operative as if it was a law ? This would be to overthrow in fact... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1827 - 674 lapas
...is not a law ;" that it " is void;" — proceeds to show the right of the court to refuse to execute it. "If an Act of the legislature, repugnant to the...law, does it constitute a rule as operative as if it was a law ' This would be to overthrow in fact, what was established in theory ; and would seem, at... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1827 - 686 lapas
..." is not a law;" that it " is void;"—proceeds to show the right of the court to refuse to execute it. "If an Act of the legislature, repugnant to the Constitution, is void, does it, nohvilhslanding its invalidity, bind the courts, and oblige them to give it effect' or, in other words,... | |
 | John Marshall - 1839 - 762 lapas
...our society. It is not, therefore, to be lost sight of in the further consideration of this subject. If an act of the legislature repugnant to the constitution...give it effect ? Or, in other words, though it be not law, does it constitute a rule as operative as if it was a law ? This would be to overthrow in fact... | |
 | John Fulton - 1864 - 582 lapas
...our society. It is not therefore to be lost sight of in the further consideration of this subject. " If an act of the legislature repugnant to the Constitution...give it effect ? Or, in other words, though it be not law, does it constitute a rule as operative aa if it was a law ? This would be to overthrow in fact... | |
 | Edward McPherson - 1869 - 144 lapas
...tfceir cannon though it shook the continent, could never shake. " If," asks Chief Justice Marshall, " an act of the legislature repugnant to the Constitution...the courts and oblige them to give it effect? Or, ifl other words, ihough it be not law, does it constitute a rule as operative as if it was a law?"... | |
 | Benjamin Robbins Curtis, Alexander James Dallas, William Cranch, United States. Supreme Court, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard - 1870 - 708 lapas
...our society. It is not, therefore, to be lost sight of in the further consideration of this subject. If an act of the legislature, repugnant to the constitution,...give it effect ? Or, in other words, though it be not law, does it constitute a rule as operative as if it was a law ? This would be to overthrow in fact... | |
 | Edward McPherson - 1872
...their cannon, though it shook the continent, could never shake. " If," asks Chief Justice Marshall* " an act of the legislature repugnant to the Constitution...give it effect? Or, in other words, though it be not law, does it constitute a rule as operative as.if.it was a law ? " And he remarks : " This would be... | |
 | 1871 - 524 lapas
...public et de l'essence m6me des institutions ifderales. " If an act of the legislature,'' disait-elle * repugnant to the constitution, is void, does it, notwithstanding...give it effect ? Or. in other words. though it be not law, does it constitute a rule aa operative as if it was a law? This would be to overthrow in fact... | |
 | 1872 - 522 lapas
...legislative acts passed in contravention of its principles, Marshall CJ thus continued his judgment: " If an act of the Legislature repugnant to the Constitution is void, does it, notwithstanding its validity, bind the courts and oblige them to give it effect ? Or in other word", though it be not law,... | |
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If an act of the legislature, repugnant to the constitution, is void, does it, notwithstanding its invalidity, bind the courts, and oblige them to give it effect? Or, in other words, though it be not law, does it constitute a rule as operative as if it... 
