 The assent of the states in their sovereign capacity is implied in calling a convention, and thus submitting that instrument to the people. But the people were at perfect liberty to accept or reject it ; and their act was final. It required not the affirmance,...  The Rebellion Record: June '61-Sept. '61 - Page 140edited by - 1862Full view - About this book
 | Charles Henry Butler - Constitutional law - 1902 - 704 pages
...instrument to the people. But the people wore at perfect liberty to accept or reject it, and their act was final. " ' It required not the affirmance, and...whether they may resume and modify the powers granted to government does not remain to be settled in this country. Martin vs. Hunter as quoted at length in... | |
 | Charles Henry Butler - Constitutional law - 1902 - 704 pages
...instrument to the people. But the people were at perfect liberty to accept or reject it, and their act was final. '"It required not the affirmance, and could...state sovereignties and had nothing more to give. But sorely the question whether they may resume and modify the powers granted to government does not remain... | |
 | John Marshall - Constitutional law - 1903 - 828 pages
...instrument to the people. But the people were at perfect liberty to accept or reject it, and their act was final. It required not the affirmance, and could...whether they may resume and modify the powers granted to government, does not remain to be settled in this country. Much more might the legitimacy of the General... | |
 | John Marshall - Constitutional law - 1903 - 832 pages
...instrument to the people. Bat the people were at perfect liberty to accept or reject it, and their act was final. It required not the affirmance, and could...whether they may resume and modify the powers granted to government, does not remain to be settled in this country. Much more might the legitimacy of the General... | |
 | Van Vechten Veeder - Forensic orations - 1903 - 656 pages
...perfect liberty to accept or reject it, and their act was final. It required not the affirmance of, and could not be negatived by, the state governments....whether they may resume and modify the powers granted to government does not remain to be settled in this country. Much more might the legitimacy of the general... | |
 | John Forrest Dillon - Judges - 1903 - 600 pages
...Nation was answerable to the whole people and not to the States. In M'Culloch v. Maryland he says: "The Constitution when thus adopted was of complete obligation, and bound the State sovereignties. To the formation of a league, such as was the confederation, the State sovereignties were certainly... | |
 | Westel Woodbury Willoughby - Constitutional history - 1904 - 352 pages
...instrument to the people. But the people were at perfect liberty to accept or reject it ; and their act was final. It required not the affirmance, and could...complete obligation, and bound the state sovereignties." In 1816 was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States the case of Martin v. Hunter's Lessee... | |
 | John Marshall - Political Science - 1905 - 518 pages
...instrument to the people. But the people were at perfect liberty to accept or reject it ; and their act was final. It required not the affirmance, and could...whether they may resume and modify the powers granted to government does not remain to be settled in this country. Much more might the legitimacy of the general... | |
 | Hans Tobler - Compensation for judicial error - 1905 - 818 pages
...Nationaltheorie; aber es ist wie die Reden JQ Adams' 2 und trotz der hervorragenden politischen Stellung 477, 478. "It has been said that the people had already surrendered...State sovereignties, and had nothing more to give. Bnt, snrely, the question whether they may resume and modify the powers grantod to government does... | |
 | Oliver Joseph Thatcher - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1907 - 618 pages
...instrument to the people. But the people were at perfect liberty to accept or reject it; and their act was final. It required not the affirmance, and could...whether they may resume and modify the powers granted to government, does not remain to be settled in this country. Much more might the legitimacy of the general... | |
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