 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1887 - 866 pages
...paramount to that of their representatives expressed in any law. As the act under consideration was repugnant to this high will, he was bound to say that it ought not to have any operation." In the judgment of this court, the provisions of the acts of 1861 and 1865, which interdict the service... | |
 | Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin - Constitutional history - 1912 - 322 pages
...constitution, and because the will of the people, which is therein declared, is paramount to that of their representatives, expressed in any law. As the...operation, and that the prohibition should be granted." This was the opinion of Judge Waties, who appears to have been in accord with Judge Burke. The judges... | |
 | Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin - Constitutional history - 1912 - 318 pages
...constitution, and because the will of the people, which is therein declared, is paramount to that of their representatives, expressed in any law. As the...operation, and that the prohibition should be granted." This was the opinion of Judge Waties, who appears to have been in accord with Judge Burke. The judges... | |
 | Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin - Constitutional history - 1912 - 316 pages
...constitution, and because the will of the people, which is therein declared, is paramount to that of their representatives, expressed in any law. As the...operation, and that the prohibition should be granted." This was the opinion of Judge Waties, who appears to have been in accord with Judge Burke. The judges... | |
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... only the administrators of the public will. If an act of the legislature is held void, it is not because the judges have any control over the legislative power, but because the act is forbidden by the constitution, and because the will of the people,... 