...departments their respective powers." In the American case, it also assigns limits to those powers, and "that those limits may not be mistaken or forgotten, the constitution is written." It was for this reason that he (and, he suggested, all Americans) deemed a written constitution to...

...government. 'The powers of the legislature are defined and limited," said Marshall for the court; "and that those limits may not be mistaken, or forgotten, the...writing, if these limits may, at any time, be passed by by those intended to be restrained? * * * It is a proposition too plain to be contested, that the Constitution...

...what purpose are powers limited, and to what purpose is that limitation committed to writing, if thes2 limits may, at any time, be passed by those intended...distinction between a government with limited and unlimited powers is abolished, if those limits do not confine the persons on whom they are imposed...

...be discarded by way of judicial review: "the powers of the legislature are defined and limited, and those limits may not be mistaken, or forgotten, the constitution is written" 14 . The underlying idea, which is at the centre of the theory of the judicial review, is 12 US v....

...States is of the latter description. The powers of the legislature are defined and limited; and that those limits may not be mistaken or forgotten, the...committed to writing, if these limits may, at any time, be law of the nation, and, consequently, the theory of every such government must be that an act of the...

...States has a written Constitution. "The powers of the legislature are defined and limited; and that those limits may not be mistaken, or forgotten, the...may, at any time, be passed by those intended to be restrained?"9 He said that the theory of every government with a written Constitution "must be, that...

...and assigns, to different departments, their respective powers." The powers of Congress were limited. "To what purpose are powers limited, and to what purpose...committed to writing, if these limits may, at any time, be [exceeded] by those intended to be restrained?" Like a stern schoolmaster lecturing errant pupils,...

...^transcended by those departments. . . . "The powers of the legislature are denned and limited; and that those limits may not be mistaken or forgotten, the...written. To what purpose are powers limited, and to what 1 Cooper -vs. Telfair, 4 Ball. 19. 2 I Cranch, 137. It may be interesting to observe that Marshall...

...misrepresentation of Marbury in two important ways. First, quoting Marbury, the Mugler Court asks: "To what purpose ... are powers limited, and to what...distinction between a government with limited and unlimited powers is abolished, if those limits do not confine the persons on whom they are imposed,...

...therefore, as it is contrary to the original and supreme will which organized the legislature itself. To what purpose are powers limited, and to what purpose...time, be passed by those intended to be restrained? ... It is a proposition too plain to be contested, that the constitution controls any legislative act...