 There is no position which depends on clearer principles, than that every act of a delegated authority, contrary to the tenor of the commission under which it is exercised, is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the Constitution, can be valid....  Scrap Book on Law and Politics, Men and Times - Page 126by George Robertson - 1855 - 404 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Virginia. General Court, William Brockenbrough, Hugh Holmes - Courts - 1815 - 364 pages
...depends on clearer " principles, than that every act of a delegated authority, * Pub. T. 2. p. 293. L " contrary to the tenor of the commission under which...the deputy is greater than the " principal; that the servant is above his master; that the *' representatives of the people are superior to the people "... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional history - 1817 - 570 pages
...it rests cannot be unacceptable. There is no position which depends on clearer principles, than that every act of a delegated authority, contrary to the...would be to affirm, that the deputy is greater than his principal ; that the servant is above his master; that the representatives of the people are superior... | |
 | James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1818 - 882 pages
...it rests cannot be unacceptable^ There is no position which depends on clearer principles, than that every act of a delegated authority, contrary to the...would be to affirm, that the deputy is greater than his principal ; that the servant is above his master; that the representatives of the people are superior... | |
 | James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1826 - 736 pages
...it. rests cannot be unacceptable. There is no position which depends on clearer principle?. than that every act of a delegated authority, contrary to the...of the commission under which it is exercised, is voidNo legislative act, therefore, contrary to the constitution, can be valid. To deny this, would... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - United States - 1831 - 758 pages
...depends on clearer principles, than that every act of a delegated authority, contrary to the tenour of the commission under which it is exercised, is...would be to affirm, that the deputy is greater than his * Spirit of Lawi, TOl. I, p•g* 181. principal ; that the servant is above his master ; that the... | |
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1833 - 800 pages
...rests, cnnnot be unacceptable. "There is no position, which depends on clearer principles, than that every act of a delegated authority, contrary to the...act, therefore, contrary to the constitution, can he valid. To deny this, would be to affirm, that the deputy is greater than his principal ; that the... | |
 | William Alexander Duer - Constitutional law - 1833 - 260 pages
...the Legislative Power. 267. But no position is founded on clearer principles, than that every act of delegated authority, contrary to the tenor of the commission under which it is exercised, must be void ; and no Legislative act contrary to the Constitution, which is the commission from which... | |
 | William Paley - Ethics - 1835 - 324 pages
...legislative power, contrary to the true intent and meaning of the constitution, is absolutely null and void.* To deny this, would be to affirm, that the deputy is greater than his principal ; that the servant is above his master ; that the representatives of the people are superior... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional history - 1837 - 516 pages
...1, page 16l;. t Idem, p&ge 181. There is no position which depends on clearer principles, than that every act of a delegated authority, contrary to the...would be to affirm, that the deputy is greater than his principal ; that the servant is above his master; that the representatives of the people are superior... | |
 | George Washington Frost Mellen - Constitutional history - 1841 - 452 pages
...which depends on clearer principles than that every act of a delegated authority, contrary to the tenor under which it is exercised, is void. No legislative...act, therefore, contrary to the Constitution, can be v;.Iid. To deny this would be to affirm that the deputy is greater than his principal, that the servant... | |
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