Every possible presumption is in favor of the validity of a statute, and this continues until the contrary is shown beyond a rational doubt. One branch of the government cannot encroach on the domain of another without danger. The safety of our institutions... United States Supreme Court Reports - Page 240by United States. Supreme Court - 1888Full view - About this book
| Ohio. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1921 - 706 pages
...congress is unconstitutional] should never be made except in a clear case. Every possible presumption is in favor of the validity of a statute, and this...degree on a strict observance of this salutary rule." The great Chief Justice Shaw, in Wellington et al., Petitioners, 16 Pick., 87 (1834), speaking for... | |
| Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - Law reports, digests, etc - 1897 - 598 pages
...contrary to the constitution." In the Sinking Fund Cases the same court said: "Every possible presumption is in favor of the validity of a statute, and this...in no small degree on a strict observance of this statutory rule." 99 US 700; Powell v. Pennsylvania, 127 US 678. In this last case the constitutionality... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1879 - 856 pages
...States ; but this declaration should never be made except in a clear case. Every possible presumption is in favor of the validity of a statute, and this...degree on a strict observance of this salutary rule. The United States cannot any more than a State interfere with private rights, except for legitimate... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1906 - 2090 pages
...raising a doubt." Legal Tender Cases, 12 Wall. 4.57, 531, 20 L. Ed. 287. "Every possible presumption is in favor of the validity of a statute, and this...until the contrary is shown beyond a rational doubt. * * * The safety of our institutions depends in no small degree on a strict observance of this salutary... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1897 - 1036 pages
...States; but this declaration should never be made except In a clear case. Every possible presumption Is in favor of the validity of a statute, and this...degree on a strict observance of this salutary rule." I regard these words as particularly applicable to the dealings by this court with the proceedings... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1884 - 840 pages
...declaration should never be made except in a clear case. Every possible presumption is Dissenting Opinion. in favor of the validity of a statute, and this continues...degree on a strict observance of this salutary rule." Before considering the language and scope of these amendments it will be proper to recall the relations... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1915 - 1230 pages
...presumption is in favor of the validity of the statute until the contrary is shown beyond a reasonable doubt. One branch of the government cannot encroach...degree on a strict observance of this salutary rule. Sinking Fund Cases, 99 US 727, 25 L. Ed. 504 ; Livingston v. Darlington, 101 US 407, 25 L. Ed. 1015;... | |
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