...the police power of the State has no real or substantial relation to the objects of that power, it is the duty of the courts to so adjudge and thereby give effect to the Constitution.1 The courts will not, however, inquire into the motives of legislators, except as they...

...163 ; People v. Gillson, 109 NY 389 ; State v. Goodwill, 33 W. Va. 179; Ex parte Keeler, 45 SC 537. "If, therefore, a statute purporting to have been enacted to protect the public health. And yet what is the due process, that must be observed, is necessarily different under different circumstances....

...prohib'tion upon State laws impairing the obligation of contracts does not restrict the power of the State to protect the public health, the public morals, or the public safety, as the one or the other may be involved in the execution of such contracts. Kights and privileges arising...

...law." Will anyone seriously contend that the Legislature can establish "a source of crime or misery"? If, therefore, a statute purporting to have been enacted...the fundamental law, it is the duty of the Courts so to adjudge, and thereby give effect to the Constitution. Will anyone pretend that a statute creating...

...be enacted by Congress or the state legislature contrary to these. What is wrong cannot be law. If a statute purporting to have been enacted to protect...the fundamental law, it is the duty of the courts so to adjudge, and thereby give effect to the Constitution. A statute creating a retail-liquor saloon...

...later than eight o'clock on Sunday morning." This court said : " The well-settled rule is, that if a statute purporting to have been enacted to protect...secured by the fundamental law, it is the duty of courts to so adjudge, and thereby give effect to the Constitution." The contention in that case was...

...whenever they enter upon the inquiry whether the legislature has transcended the limits of its authority. If, therefore, a statute purporting to have been enacted...the fundamental law, it is the duty of the courts to BO adjudge, and thereby give effect to the constitution': Mugler v. Kansas, 123 TL S. 661. The keeping...

...things, whenever they enter upon the inquiry whether the legislation has transcended its authority. If, therefore, a statute purporting to have been enacted...or is a palpable invasion of rights secured by the 1 18 Wall. 129, 138. 8 Gibbons vs. Ogden, 9 Wheat. I ; NO Gas Co. vs. Louis. Light Co,, 115 US 650...

...set aside by the courts only when it plainly has no real or substantial relation to those subjects, or is a palpable invasion of rights secured by the fundamental law. If 'it does not appear upon the face of the statute, or from any facts of which the court must take...

...whenever they enter upon the inquiry whether the legislature has transcended the limits of its authority. If, therefore, a statute purporting to have been enacted...adjudge, and thereby give effect to the constitution.' . . . This power of the courts, however, to declare invalid what they may deem an unreasonable legislative...