 | William Rawle - Constitutional law - 1829 - 530 pages
...constitution and laws of a state, so far as they are repugnant to the Constitution and the constitutional laws of the United States, are absolutely void. These...of the United States. They are members of one great empire—for some purposes sovereign; for some purposes subordinate. " In a government so constituted,... | |
 | Henry Baldwin - Constitutional law - 1837 - 236 pages
...by the ratifications of nine things, conventions of nine states, by the people of each as a state. " These states are constituent parts of the United States. They are members of one great empire," ("members of the American confederacy;" 2 Pet. 312,) "for some purposes sovereign, for some purposes... | |
 | Henry Baldwin - Constitutional history - 1837 - 230 pages
...by the ratifications of nine things, conventions of nine states, by the people of each as a state. " These states are constituent parts of the United States. They are members of one great empire," ("members of the American confederacy;" 2 Pet. 312,) "for some purposes sovereign, for some purposes... | |
 | George Washington Frost Mellen - Constitutional history - 1841 - 452 pages
...within the American territory. The Constitution or laws of a State, so far as they are repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the United States, are absolutely...purposes sovereign, for some purposes subordinate." ' He concludes his opinion on this case in these words: " After having bestowed on this question the... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - Constitutional law - 1854 - 674 pages
...within the American territory. The Constitution and laws of a state, so far as they are repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the United States, are absolutely void. These states are consistent parts of the United States. They are members of one great empire — for some purposes sovereign,... | |
 | California. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1858 - 822 pages
...the American territory. The Constitution and laws of the States, so far as they are repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the United States, are absolutely...States are constituent parts of the United States. Thev are members of one great empire — for some purposes sovereign, for some purposes subordinate."... | |
 | Rufus Choate, Samuel Gilman Brown - United States - 1862 - 532 pages
...within the American territory. The constitution and laws of a State, so far as they are repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the United States, are absolutely...purposes sovereign, for some purposes subordinate." — Opinion of Chief Justice Marshall in Cohens v. Virginia. In Holmes v. Jennison, 14* Peters, 5705... | |
 | Rufus Choate, Samuel Gilman Brown - United States - 1862 - 548 pages
...within the American territory. The constitution and laws of a State, so far as they are repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the United States, are absolutely...of the United States. They are members of one great empire—for some purposes sovereign, for some purposes subordinate." — Opinion of Chief Justice... | |
 | Law - 1896 - 866 pages
...United States formed for many and for most important purposes a single nation, has not yet been denied. These States are constituent parts of the United States,...purposes sovereign, for some purposes subordinate." And again: "Throughout this vast republic, from the St. Croix to the Gulf of Mexico, from the Atlantic... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1872 - 840 pages
...within the American territory. The constitution and laws of a State, so far as they are repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the United States, are absolutely...United States. They are members of one great empire. (6 Wheat., p. 414.) "Mr. Speaker, I have not the time to read from that opinion further. I will state,... | |
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... The people have declared, that in the exercise of all powers given for these objects, it is supreme. It can, then, in effecting these objects, legitimately control all individuals or governments within the American territory. The constitution and... 
