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" If there should happen to be an irreconcilable variance between the two, that which has the superior obligation and validity ought, of course, to be preferred; or, in other words, the Constitution ought to be preferred to the statute, the intention of... "
A Collection of Cases Decided by the General Court of Virginia, Chiefly ... - Page 83
by Virginia. General Court, William Brockenbrough, Hugh Holmes - 1815 - 336 pages
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The Federalist: On the New Constitution

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional history - 1817 - 570 pages
...course, to be preferred: in other words, the constitution ou<;ht to be preferred to the sta. tute, the intention of the people to the intention of their agents. Nor does the conclusion by any means suppose a superiority of the judicial to the legislative power. It only...
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Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising ..., Volume 1; Volume 6; Volume 50

United States. Congress - Law - 1830 - 692 pages
...from the Legislative body. If there should happen to be any irreconcilcable variance between the two, of course, to be preferred; or, in other words, the constitution ought to be preferred to the statute, the intention of the people to the intention of their agents. As long-, therefore, as the...
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Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising ..., Volume 1; Volume 6; Volume 50

United States. Congress - Law - 1830 - 692 pages
...from the Legislative hotly. If there should hnppcn to be any irrcconcileable variance between the two, of course, to be preferred! or, in other words, the constitution ought to be preferred to the statute, the intention of the people to the intention of their agents. As long, therefore, as the Federal...
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Paley's Moral and Political Philosophy

William Paley - Ethics - 1835 - 324 pages
...can it be shown that judges should hare primary regard to the constitution ? * K>nt's Com. Loot. 20. statutes ; the intention of the people, to the intention of their agents. Nor docs the conclusion by any means suppose a superiority of the judicial to the legislative power. It...
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The Federalist: On the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional history - 1837 - 516 pages
...of course, to be preferred : in other words, the constitution ought to be preferred to the statute ; the intention of the people to the intention of their agents. Nor does the conclusion by any means suppose a superiority of the judicial to the legislative power. It only...
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An Argument on the Unconstitutionality of Slavery: Embracing an Abstract of ...

George Washington Frost Mellen - Constitutional history - 1841 - 452 pages
...of course, to be preferred: in other words, the Constitution ought to be preferred to the statute; the intention of the people to the intention of their agents. " Nor does the conclusion, by any means, suppose a superiority of the judicial to the legislative power. It only...
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A Course of Lectures on the Constitutional Jurisprudence of the United ...

William Alexander Duer - Constitutional law - 1843 - 442 pages
...of course, to be preferred : in other words, the Constitution ought to be preferred to the statute ; the intention of the people to the intention of their...conclusion, by any means, suppose a superiority of the judicial to the legislative power. It only presumes that the power of the people is superior to both...
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The Family Library (Harper)., Volume 160

Child rearing - 1845 - 436 pages
...of course, to be preferred : in other words, the Constitution ought to be preferred to the statute ; the intention of the people to the intention of their...conclusion, by any means, suppose a superiority of the judicial to the legislative power. It only presumes that the power of the people is superior to both...
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Reports of Cases in Law and Equity, Argued and Determined in the ..., Volume 8

Georgia. Supreme Court - Equity - 1850 - 692 pages
...course, to be preferred ; in other words, the Constitution ought to be preferred to the Statute — the intention of the people, to the intention of their agents. Nor does this conclusion, as is shown in the work first above cited, by any means suppose a superiority of the judicial to the...
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Reports of Cases in Law and Equity, Argued and Determined in the ..., Volume 8

Georgia. Supreme Court - Equity - 1850 - 660 pages
...course, to be preferred ; in other words, the Constitution ought to be preferred to the Statute — the intention of the people, to the intention of their agents. Nor does this conclusion, as is shown in the work first above cited, by uny means suppose a superiority of the judicial to the...
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