 | John Marshall - Constitutional law - 1914 - 396 pages
...posterity.' The assent of the States, in their sovereign capacity is implied in calling the Convention, and thus submitting that instrument to the people. But...negatived, by the State governments. The constitution as thus adopted was of complete obligation, and bound the State sovereignties. " It has been said,... | |
 | John Marshall - Constitutional law - 1914 - 408 pages
...required not the affirmance, and could not be negatived, by the State governments. The constitution as thus adopted was of complete obligation, and bound...that the people had already surrendered all their powers^i»--the"~State sovereignties, and had nothing more to giveT"But, surely, the question whether... | |
 | Eugene Wambaugh - Constitutional law - 1915 - 1106 pages
...posterity." The assent of the States, in their sovereign capacity, is implied in calling a Convention, and thus submitting that instrument to the people. But...negatived, by the State governments. The constitution, when thusadopted, was of complete obligation7and bound theState sovereignties. It has been said, that the... | |
 | United States - Constitutional law - 1917 - 144 pages
...posterity." The assent of the states, in their sovereign capacity, is implied, in calling a convention, and thus submitting that instrument to the people. But...complete obligation, and bound the state sovereignties. In the same leading case of McCulloch v. the State of Maryland (p. 405) Mr. Chief Justice Marshall,... | |
 | Francis Newton Thorpe - Law - 1917 - 312 pages
...and in submitting that instrument to the people. The people were at perfect liberty to accept or to reject it, and their act was final. It required not...and could not be negatived by the State governments. When thus adopted, the Constitution was of complete obligation, and bound the State sovereignties.... | |
 | United States - Law - 1918 - 1192 pages
...It required not the affirmance of, and could not be negatived by, the state PREAMBLE] CONSTITUTION governments. The Constitution, when thus adopted,...complete obligation, and bound the state sovereignties. M'Culloch v. Maryland. (1819) 4 Wheat. 403, 4 US (L. ed.) 579. See also US v. Cathcart, (1804) 1 Hond... | |
 | Albert Jeremiah Beveridge - Judges - 1919 - 722 pages
...never has been surpassed.2 Thus he proves that "the government proceeds directly from the people; . . their act was final. It required not the affirmance,...state governments. The constitution when thus adopted . . bound the state sovereignties." The States could and did establish "a league, such as was the confed1... | |
 | Albert Jeremiah Beveridge - Judges - 1919 - 722 pages
...has been surpassed.2 Thus he proves that "the government proceeds directly from the people; . . then- act was final. It required not the affirmance, and...state governments. The constitution when thus adopted . . bound the state sovereignties." The States could and did establish "a league, such as was the confed1... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1920 - 1160 pages
...posterity.' The assent of the States, in then- sovereign capacity, isimplied in calling a convention, and thus submitting that instrument to the people. But...complete obligation, and bound the State sovereignties." Now, it will not be denied that if the people of the United States when they were adopting the original... | |
 | Vermont. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1922 - 632 pages
...authority; that the assent of the states, in the sovereign capacity, is implied in calling a convention, and thus submitting that instrument to the people ; but...liberty to accept or reject it, and their act was final; that the Constitution, when thus adopted, was of complete obligation, and bound the state sovereignties... | |
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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,... 
