 | Virginia. General Court, William Brockenbrough, Hugh Holmes - 1815 - 364 páginas
...L " contrary to the tenor of the commission under which " it is exercised, is void. No legislative act therefore, " contrary to the constitution, can...would be to affirm, that the deputy is greater than the " principal; that the servant is above his master; that the *' representatives of the people are... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 1817 - 570 páginas
...authority, contrary to the tenor of the commission under which it is exercised, is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the constitution, can...of powers, may do not only what their powers do not authorise, but what they forbid. If it be said that the legislative body are themselves the constitutional... | |
 | James Madison, John Jay - 1818 - 882 páginas
...authority, contrary to the tenor of, the commission under which it is exercised, is void, No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the constitution, can...that men, acting by virtue of powers, may do not only wlnrf their powers do not authorize, but what they forbids If it be said Unit the legislative body... | |
 | James Madison, John Jay - 1826 - 736 páginas
...would be to affirm, that the deputy is greater than his principal ; that the servant is above liis master; that the representatives of the people are...do not only what their powers do not authorize, but whal they forbid. If it be said that the legislative body are themselves the constitutional judges... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 1831 - 758 páginas
...authority, contrary to the tenour of the commission under which it is exercised, is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the constitution, can...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 representatives... | |
 | William Paley - 1835 - 324 páginas
...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...powers do not authorize, but what they forbid. The proper and peculiar province of the courts is the interpretation of the laws. A constitution is, in... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 1837 - 516 páginas
...authority, contrary to the tenor of the commission under which it is exercised, is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the constitution, can...their powers do not authorize, but what they forbid. If it be said that the legislative body are themselves the constitutional judges of their own powers,... | |
 | George Washington Frost Mellen - 1841 - 452 páginas
...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...people are superior to the people themselves, that mere actions, by virtue of powers, may do not only what their powers do not authorize, but what they... | |
 | William Alexander Duer - 1843 - 442 páginas
...commisK sion by which every department of the government equally derives its authority from the people, can be valid. To deny this would be to affirm that the deputy is superior to his principal ; that the servant is above his master ; that the representatives of the... | |
 | 1845 - 436 páginas
...commisL sion by which every department of the government equally derives its authority from the people, can be valid. To deny this would be to affirm that the deputy is superior to his principal ; that the servant is above his master ; that the representatives of the... | |
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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.... 
