...may, by its necessary application, be destructive of rights granted or secured by the constitution." "If, therefore, a statute purporting to have been...health, the public morals or the public' safety has no substantial relation to these objects or is a palpable invasion of rights secured by the fundamental...

...whenever they enter upon the inquiry whether the legislature has transcended the limits of its authority. If, therefore, a statute purporting to have been enacted...adjudge, and thereby give effect to the Constitution." To the same effect other courts have held. Watertown v. Mayo. 10!) Mass. 315, 12 Am. Rep. 694; Powell...

...prohibited that would be unfit, and that would tend to demoralize the community, or in their prothe public morals, or the public safety, has no real or...adjudge, and thereby give effect to the Constitution." Harlan, J., in Mugler v. Kansas, 123 US 623. 1 Lawton v. Steele, 152 US 133, where the court held that...

...protect the public health, the public morals or the public safety, has no real or substantial relations to those objects, or is a palpable invasion of rights...fundamental law, it is the duty of the courts to so adjudge, tnd thereby give effect to the constitution." To the same effect other courts have held: Watertown...

...the police power of the State has no real or substantial relation to the objects of that power, it is the duty of the courts to so adjudge and thereby give effect to the Constitution.1 The courts will not, however, inquire into the motives of legislators, except as they...

...163 ; People v. Gillson, 109 NY 389 ; State v. Goodwill, 33 W. Va. 179; Ex parte Keeler, 45 SC 537. "If, therefore, a statute purporting to have been enacted to protect the public health. And yet what is the due process, that must be observed, is necessarily different under different circumstances....

...prohib'tion upon State laws impairing the obligation of contracts does not restrict the power of the State to protect the public health, the public morals, or the public safety, as the one or the other may be involved in the execution of such contracts. Kights and privileges arising...

...law." Will anyone seriously contend that the Legislature can establish "a source of crime or misery"? If, therefore, a statute purporting to have been enacted...the fundamental law, it is the duty of the Courts so to adjudge, and thereby give effect to the Constitution. Will anyone pretend that a statute creating...

...be enacted by Congress or the state legislature contrary to these. What is wrong cannot be law. If a statute purporting to have been enacted to protect...the fundamental law, it is the duty of the courts so to adjudge, and thereby give effect to the Constitution. A statute creating a retail-liquor saloon...

...later than eight o'clock on Sunday morning." This court said : " The well-settled rule is, that if a statute purporting to have been enacted to protect...secured by the fundamental law, it is the duty of courts to so adjudge, and thereby give effect to the Constitution." The contention in that case was...