 ... if the policy of the Government upon vital questions • affecting the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions the people will...  The American Crisis Considered - Page 234by Charles Lempriere - 1861 - 296 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Bunford Samuel - Constitutional law - 1920 - 448 pages
...irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court . . . the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal," \ etc. * Lincoln, Edwardsville Speech, September 13. t Douglas, Debates. Prior to the reprobated decision,... | |
 | James Milton O'Neill - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1921 - 880 pages
...litigation between parties in personal actions, the people w1ll have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government...duty from which they may not shrink to decide cases property brought before them, and it is no fault of theirs if others seek to turn their decisions to... | |
 | United States - 1921 - 344 pages
...litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government...of that eminent tribunal. Nor is there in this view anyassault upon the courts or the judges. It is a duty from which they may not shrink to decide cases... | |
 | Henry Schofield - Constitutional law - 1921 - 568 pages
...litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal." — Lincoln's First Inaugural, quoted in 1 Story, Constitution, ed. 5, p. 276, note a, by Judge Cooley.... | |
 | Charles Warren - Law - 1922 - 568 pages
...litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their Government...decide cases properly brought before them, and it is io fault of theirs if others seek to turn their decisions to political purposes." While the Republican... | |
 | 1923 - 42 pages
...litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal." (March 4, 1861.) Mr. Roosevelt's Progressive Party in this respect continued the Jefferson and Lincoln... | |
 | Campaign literature - 1924 - 320 pages
...irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal." The Constitution specifically vests all legislative power in the Congress, giving that body power and... | |
 | William Allen White - Democratic National Convention - 1924 - 352 pages
...irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal." The Constitution specifically vests all legislative power in the Congress, giving that body power and... | |
 | Perley Orman Ray - Political parties - 1924 - 722 pages
...irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal." The Constitution specifically vests all legislative power in the Congress, giving that body power and... | |
 | William Quirk, R. Randall Bridwell - Law - 1995 - 162 pages
...litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their Government into the hands of that eminent tribunal." Dred Scott, however, despite Lincoln's opinion, fixed the meaning of the Constitution. It destroyed... | |
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