...would subvert the very foundations of all written constitutions. It would declare that ... [a decision] which, according to the principles and theory of our...government, is entirely void, is yet, in practice, completely obligatory. . . .' 2 The contrary view, that decisions of the Supreme Court are superior...

...(2) Those then who controvert the principle that the Constitution is to be considered in court, as a paramount law. are reduced to the necessity of maintaining...eyes on the Constitution, and see only the law. This statement is only partly true, and is otherwise misleading. Again the Court might well be vouchsafed...

...jurisdiction, to review and reverse the judgment of a state court? \ Piqua Bank v. Knoup, Treasurer. subvert the very foundation of all written constitutions....government, is entirely void, is yet, in practice, completely obligatory. It would declare that if the legislature shall do what is expressly forbidden,...

...illustration to combat the fallacy that when there is a conflict between the Constitution and a law, the "courts must close their eyes on the constitution and see only the law."95 Said the Chief Justice : This doctrine would subvert the very foundation of all written constitutions....

...For those . . . who controvert the principle that the Constitution is to be considered, in court, as paramount law, are reduced to the necessity of maintaining that courts must close their eyes on the Constitution.11 But that conclusion is unacceptable because "courts, as well as other departments,...

...Those, then, who controvert the principle that the constitution is to be considered, in court, as a paramount law, are reduced to the necessity of maintaining...the very foundation of all written constitutions. lt would declare that an act which, according to the principles and theory of our government is entirely...

...apply. Those then who controvert the principle that the Constitution is to be considered, in court, as a paramount law, are reduced to the necessity of maintaining that courts must close their eyes ou the Constitution, and see only the law. This doctrine would subvert the very foundation of all written...

...apply. Those then who controvert the principle that the constitution is to be considered, in court, as a paramount law, are reduced to the necessity of maintaining...government, is entirely void; is yet, in practice, completely obligatory. It would declare, that if the legislature shall do what is expressly forbidden,...

...that those who rejected this premise would be reduced to the position of having to assert that 'the courts must close their eyes on the constitution and see only the law' when the constitution and the law were in conflict. Such doctrinal heresy subverts the very foundation...

...Those, then, who controvert the principle that the constitution is to be considered, in court, as a paramount law, are reduced to the necessity of maintaining...constitutions. It would declare that an act which, according to principles and theory of our government, is entirely void, is yet, in practice, completely obligatory....