...department proves also the propriety of giving effect to it." (Cohens vs. Virginia, 6 Wheat.) And again: "The question, whether an act, repugnant to the Constitution,...necessary to recognize certain principles, supposed to hare been long and ivell established, to decide it. * * * Certainly all those who have framed written...

...extracts from this historic opinion will illustrate the remorseless logic of the great Chief Justice. "The question whether an act repugnant to the Constitution...certain principles supposed to have been long and well-established to decide it. ... The powers of the Legislature are defined and limited ; and that...

...inquire. wh£th.er • a~ju riscficTign^ so'cbnf cTred , can_be jixercisecL The question, wheTTieT an act, repugnant to the constitution, can become...have been long and well established, to decide it. lo. are deemed fundamental. And as the authority from which they proceed is supreme, and can seldom...

...elevated attributes." As one instance of the mental calibre of this great man let us see how he answered the question "Whether an act repugnant to the constitution can become the law of the land." Observe how clearly and concisely he disposed of that question for all time. "It is a proposition too...

...constitution ; and it becomes necessary to inquire whether a jurisdiction so conferred can be exercised. The question, whether an act, repugnant to the constitution,...have been long and well established, to decide it. American fabric has been erected. The exercise of this original right is a very great exertion ; nor...

...constitution is void; and that courts, as well as other departments, are bound by the instrument" : The question, whether an act, repugnant to the constitution,...have been long and well established, to decide it. basis on which the whole American fabric has been erected. The exercise of this original right is a...

...178), the Supreme Court of the United States, speaking through the great Chief Justice Marshall, said: The question whether an act repugnant to the Constitution...but happily not of an intricacy proportioned to its interests. It seems only necessary to recognize certain principles, supposed to have been long and...

...same. The opinion of Chief Justice John Marshall in the Case of Marbury vs. Madison. The Chief Justice: The question whether an act repugnant to the Constitution...question deeply interesting to the United States. The Constitution is either a superior paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a...

...Constitution; and it becomes necessary to inquire whether a jurisdiction so conferred can be exercised. The question, whether an act repugnant to the Constitution can become The principles thus announced by Marshall are based primarily upon the assumption that the judiciary was...

...conferred can be exercised. The question, whether an act repugnant to the Constitution can can an act become the law of the land, is a question deeply interesting...but, happily, not of an intricacy proportioned to its to the Coninterest. It seems only necessary to recognize certain principles, be law ? supposed to have...