| United States. Supreme Court - 1824 - 990 páginas
...an investment of power for the general advantage, in the hands of agents selected for that purpose ; which .power can never be exercised by the people...language of the instrument which confers them, taken in connexion with the purposes for which' they were conferred. The words are, " Congress shall have power... | |
| Joseph Story - 1833 - 540 páginas
...an investment of power for the general advantage, in the hands of agents selected for that purpose ; which power can never be exercised by the people themselves,...language of the instrument, which confers them, taken in connexion with the purposes, for which they were conferred." 1 1 See also Id. 2'22, and Mr. Chief Justice... | |
| Henry Baldwin - 1837 - 236 páginas
...an investment of power for the general advantage, in the hands of agents, selected for that purpose, which power can never be exercised by the people themselves,...be placed in the hands of agents or lie dormant," 9. Wh. 189. The language of the constitution is the same. "All legislative powers herein granted, shall... | |
| John Marshall - 1839 - 762 páginas
...of power for the general advantage, in the hands 19 9 Wh. 188. of agents selected for that purpose ; which. power can never be exercised by the people...language of the instrument which confers them, taken in connexion with the purposes for which they were conferred. The words are, " Congress shall have power... | |
| 1844 - 888 páginas
...not permit us to give the long extracts which illustrate these points. In 9 Wheaton, 1, he says: " We know of no rule for construing the extent of such...with the purposes for which they were conferred." Speaking of an ordinary statute, he says, 12 Wheaton, 151 : " There is always difficulty in extending... | |
| Benjamin Robbins Curtis, United States. Supreme Court - 1864 - 772 páginas
...defines, the powers granted by it. While we are not advocates for a latitudinons construction, yet " we know of no rule for construing the extent of such...instrument which confers them, taken in connection with the purpose for which they are conferred." Before proceeding to examine the more prominent and plausible... | |
| Lewis Cass - 1846 - 136 páginas
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| Lewis Cass - 1856 - 96 páginas
...origin in common sense;" and, as the Supreme Court said, tke extent of powers "should be determined by the language of the instrument which confers them,...with the purposes for which they were conferred." I need not pursue this investigation ; but applying the principles thus developed to the power to regulate... | |
| Nathan Howard (Jr.) - 1866 - 656 páginas
...584) ; that there is no safe rule for construing the extent or limitation of powers in a constitution other than is given by the language of the instrument...connection with the purposes for which they were conferred (Gibboris agt. Gyelin, 9 Wheat. 188), and that the opposition between the constitution and the law... | |
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