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" The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times, and under all circumstances. No doctrine, involving more pernicious consequences,... "
The Constitution of the United States, Its Sources and Its Application - Page 147
by Thomas James Norton - 1922 - 298 pages
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The North American Review, Volume 163

North American review - 1896 - 818 pages
...the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in -peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times, and under all circumstances." * It is true that the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus may be suspended during insurrection or...
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The Living Age, Volume 294

Literature - 1917 - 882 pages
...the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all...during any of the great exigencies of government." So spoke the United States Supreme Court, but in time of war such a proud doctrine must sometimes give...
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volume 71

United States. Supreme Court - Courts - 1867 - 732 pages
...and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times, Opinion of the court. and under all circumstances. N"o doctrine, involving...a doctrine leads directly to anarchy or despotism, but the theory of necessity on which it is based is false ; for the government, within the Constitution,...
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Eighty Years of Republican Government in the United States

Louis John Jennings - United States - 1868 - 356 pages
...gave authority and sanction to this party. The judges went so far as to say of the Constitution that " no doctrine involving more pernicious consequences...provisions can be suspended during any of the great emergencies of the government." But the Chief Justice and three other judges dissented from this opinion,...
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The Historical Magazine and Notes and Queries Concerning the ..., Volume 13

United States - 1868 - 474 pages
...after elaborate argument arid examination, that "no ' doctrine involving more pernicious conse' quences was ever invented by the wit of man ' than that any of its provisions can be suspcnd' ed during any of the great emergencies of the 'government," is entirely contrary to "common...
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The Historical Magazine, and Notes and Queries Concerning the Antiquities ...

History - 1868 - 460 pages
...after elaborate argument and examination, that "no ' doctrine involving more pernicious conse' quences was ever invented by the wit of man ' than that any of its provisions can be suspend' ed during any of the great emergencies of the 'government," is entirely contrary to "common...
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Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events: Embracing ...

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1869 - 826 pages
...of the United States is a law for rulers and people equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its* protection all classes of men at all times and under all circumstances. " So said the Supremo Court in the Milligan case. " Where, then, I ask, are the powers, now sought...
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New Outlook, Volume 162

Newspapers - 1933 - 426 pages
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War Powers Under the Constitution of the United States: Military Arrests ...

William Whiting - Executive power - 1871 - 728 pages
...the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all...a doctrine leads directly to anarchy or despotism, but the theory of necessity on which it is based is false ; for the government, within the Constitution,...
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Trial of William W. Holden: Governor of North Carolina, Before the ..., Volume 1

William Woods Holden - Impeachments - 1871 - 1080 pages
...United States'is a law " for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers " with the shield of its protection, all classes of men, at all " times, and under all circumstances. Xo doctrine, involving " more pernicious consequences, was ever invented by the wit "of man than that...
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