| United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - 1976 - 602 páginas
...post, p. 464; Doe v. Bolton, 410 US 179 (1973); Roe v. Wade, 410 US 113 (1973). Since the Court should "first ascertain whether a construction of the statute is fairly possible by which the [constitutional] question may be avoided," Ashwander v. TV A, 297 US 288, 341, 348 (1936) (Brandeis,... | |
| United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics - 1933 - 1640 páginas
...is questioned and doubt is raised as to its constitutionality, the majority opinion showed that— It is a cardinal principle that this court will first...fairly possible by which the question may be avoided. We are of the opinion that such a construction is permissible and should be adopted in the instant... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1947 - 978 páginas
...will save the Act. Even to avoid a serious doubt the rule is the same. United States v. Delaware & Hudson Co., 213 US 366, 407, 408. United States v....We are not faced inescapably with the necessity of ad-: indicating these serious constitutional questions. The obvious or, at the least, the one certain... | |
| United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - 1953 - 894 páginas
...Alexander, 279 US 573, 577. As phrased by Mr. Chief Justice Hughes, "if a serious doubt of constitutionality is raised, it is a cardinal principle that this Court...may be avoided." Crowell v. Benson, 285 US 22, 62, and cases cited. Opinion of the Court. 345 US needlessly projecting delicate issues for judicial pronouncement... | |
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