 | United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch - 1804 - 514 lapas
...to the conftitution is not law : if the latter part be true, then written conllitutions are abfurd attempts, on the part of the people, to limit a power, in its own nature illimitable. Certainly all thofe who have framed written conftltutions contemplate them as forming the fundamental and paramount... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch - 1812 - 486 lapas
...when the legislature shall please to alter it. If the former part of the alternative be true, then a legislative act contrary to the constitution is not...limit a power in its own nature illimitable. Certainly ail those who have framed written constitutions contemplate them as forming the fundamental and paramount... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1827 - 674 lapas
...former part of the alternative be true, then a legislative Act, contrary to the Constitution, is not a law ; 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... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1833 - 800 lapas
...when the legislature shall please to alter it If the former part of the alternative be true, then a legislative act contrary to the constitution is not...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
...when the legislature shall please to alter it. If the former part of the alternative be true, then a legislative act contrary to the constitution is not...forming the fundamental and paramount law of the nation, Jand consequently the theory of every such , government must be, that an act of the legislature repugnant... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1851 - 642 lapas
...when the legislature shall please to alter it. If the former part of the alternative be true, then a legislative act contrary to the constitution, is not...of the people to limit a power, in its own nature 1llimitable. " Certainly all those who have framed written constitutions contemplate them as forming... | |
 | George Van Santvoord - 1854 - 554 lapas
...when the Legislature shall please to alter it. " If the former part of the alternative be true, then a legislative act contrary to the Constitution is not...constitutions contemplate them as forming the fundamental and permanent law of the nation, and, consequently, the theory of every such government must be, that an... | |
 | George Van Santvoord - 1854 - 550 lapas
...when the Legislature shall please to alter it. " If the former part of the alternative be true, then a legislative act contrary to the Constitution is not law : if the latter part be truey then written constitutions are absurd attempts, on the part of the people, to limit a power in... | |
 | Andrew Johnson - 1868 - 532 lapas
...when the legislature shall please to alter it. If the former part of the alternative be true, then a legislative act; contrary to the Constitution is not...true, then written constitutions are absurd attempts 01i the part of the people to limit a power in its own nature illimitable. Certainly all those who... | |
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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... 
