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" The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men at all times and under all circumstances. No doctrine involving more pernicious consequences... "
War Powers Under the Constitution of the United States: Military Arrests ... - Page 540
by William Whiting - 1871 - 695 pages
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The Living Age, Volume 294

Literature - 1917 - 882 pages
...with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times, and under all circumstances. No doctrine, involving more pernicious consequences,...during any of the great exigencies of government." So spoke the United States Supreme Court, but in time of war such a proud doctrine must sometimes give...
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Eighty Years of Republican Government in the United States

Louis John Jennings - Republicanism - 1868 - 348 pages
...authority and sanction to this party. The judges went so far as to say of the Constitution that " no doctrine involving more pernicious consequences was....provisions can be suspended during any of the great emergencies of the government." But the Chief Justice and three other judges dissented from this opinion,...
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The Historical Magazine and Notes and Queries Concerning the ..., Volume 13

United States - 1868 - 474 pages
...after elaborate argument arid examination, that "no ' doctrine involving more pernicious conse' quences was ever invented by the wit of man ' than that any of its provisions can be suspcnd' ed during any of the great emergencies of the 'government," is entirely contrary to "common...
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The Historical Magazine, and Notes and Queries Concerning the Antiquities ...

History - 1868 - 460 pages
...after elaborate argument and examination, that "no ' doctrine involving more pernicious conse' quences was ever invented by the wit of man ' than that any of its provisions can be suspend' ed during any of the great emergencies of the 'government," is entirely contrary to "common...
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Trial of William W. Holden: Governor of North Carolina, Before the ..., Volume 1

William Woods Holden - Impeachments - 1871 - 1080 pages
...what was done in the past might be attempted in " the future. The constitution of the United States'is a law " for rulers and people, equally in war and...any of its provisions can be suspended during " any oi the great exigencies of government. Such a doctrine " leads directly to anarchy or despotism, but...
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The Political History of the United States of America, During the Period of ...

Edward McPherson - Freed persons - 1871 - 670 pages
...protection all classes of men, at all times and under all circumstances No doctrine involving mor» re is a necessity to furnish a substitute for the civil authority thus overt iW provisions can be suspended daring any of the great exigencies of government. Such adocrineleads...
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The Political History of the United States of America, During the Period of ...

Edward McPherson - Reconstruction - 1871 - 678 pages
...protection all classes of men, at all times and under all circumstances No doctrine involving mor» pernicious consequences was ever invented by the wit of man than that aay of its provisions POLITICAL MANUAL. can be suspended during any of the créât exigencies of government....
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Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a ..., Volume 2

Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1873 - 752 pages
...any specified case, the " law of the land " includes such process or proceeding, and includes also that any of its provisions can be suspended during...; for the government, within the Constitution, has nil the powers granted to it which are necessary to preserve its existence ; as has been happily proved...
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Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, Volume 63

Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1873 - 1024 pages
...all circumstances. No doctrine involving more pernicious consequences was ever invented by the art of man, than that any of its provisions can be suspended...a doctrine leads directly to anarchy or despotism. The theory of necessity, on which it is based, is false ; for the government within the constitution...
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The Central Law Journal, Volume 86

Law - 1918 - 502 pages
...aside in emphatic terms. "The Constitution of the United States," said the court, "is a law for ruler and people equally in war and in peace, and covers...wit of man than that any of its provisions can be susoended during- anv of the raent within the Constitution has all the powers granted to it which are...
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