 | United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch - Law reports, digests, etc - 1804 - 514 pages
...with ordinary legiflative afts, and like other afts, is alterable when the legiilature fhall pleafe to alter it. If the former part of the alternative be true, then a legiflative aft contrary to the conftitution is not law : if the latter part be true, then written... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch - Court rules - 1812 - 486 pages
...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...the part of the people, to limit a power in its own nature illimitable. Certainly ail those who have framed written constitutions contemplate them as forming... | |
 | William Wirt - Funeral sermons - 1826 - 690 pages
...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...the part of the people, to limit a power, in its own nature illimitable. 'Certainly all those who have framed written constitutions, contemplate them as... | |
 | Robert Walsh - American literature - 1827 - 674 pages
...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...legislative Act, contrary to the Constitution, is not a law ; if the latter part be true, then written Constitutions are absurd attempts, on the part of... | |
 | William Sullivan - New England - 1830 - 72 pages
...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...the part of the people, to limit a power, in its own nature illimitable. 'Certainly all those who have framed written constitutions, contemplate them as... | |
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1833 - 800 pages
...level wi'h ordmary legislative acts, and, like other acts, is alterable, when the legislature shall please to alter it If the former part of the alternative...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 - American literature - 1827 - 686 pages
...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 - Constitutional law - 1839 - 762 pages
...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...the part of the people to limit a power in its own nature illimitable. Certainly all those who have framed written constitutions contemplate them as forming... | |
 | James Wynne - 1850 - 372 pages
...level with ordinary legistive acts, and like other acts, it is alterable, when the legislature shall please to alter it. " If the former part of the alternative...the part of the people to limit a power in its own nature illimitable. " Certainly all those who have framed written constitutions, contemplate them as... | |
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1851 - 642 pages
...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...the part of the people to limit a power, in its own nature 1llimitable. " Certainly all those who have framed written constitutions contemplate them as... | |
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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... 
