 | California. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1858 - 822 pages
...the American territory. The Constitution and laws of the States, so far as they are repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the United States, are absolutely...States are constituent parts of the United States. Thev are members of one great empire — for some purposes sovereign, for some purposes subordinate."... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Robbins Curtis - Law reports, digests, etc - 1864 - 594 pages
...within the American territory. The constitution and laws of a State, so far as they are repugnant to the constitution and laws of the United States, are absolutely...purposes sovereign, for some purposes subordinate. In a government so constituted, is it unreasonable that the judicial power should be competent to give... | |
 | Law - 1896 - 866 pages
...United States formed for many and for most important purposes a single nation, has not yet been denied. These States are constituent parts of the United States,...purposes sovereign, for some purposes subordinate." And again: "Throughout this vast republic, from the St. Croix to the Gulf of Mexico, from the Atlantic... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1872 - 840 pages
...within the American territory. The constitution and laws of a State, so far as they are repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the United States, are absolutely...United States. They are members of one great empire. (6 Wheat., p. 414.) "Mr. Speaker, I have not the time to read from that opinion further. I will state,... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1872 - 842 pages
...the American territory. Tho constitution and laws of a State, so far аа they are repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the United States, are absolutely...States are constituent parts of the United States. They ore members of one great empire. (6 Wheat., p. 414.) "Mr. Speaker, I have not the time to read from... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1872 - 844 pages
...and laws of a State, so far as they are repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the United otates, are absolutely void. These States are constituent...United States. They are members of one great empire. (6 Wheat., p. 414.) "Mr. Speaker, I have not the time to read from that opinion further. I will state,... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1872 - 850 pages
...within the American territory. The constitution and laws of a State, so far as they are repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the United States, are absolutely void. These States are .constituent parts of the Un it«d States. They are members of one great empire. (6 Wheat., p. 414.) " Mr. Speaker, I have not... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1874 - 520 pages
...effecting these objects, legitimately control all individuals or governments within the American territory These States are constituent parts of the United States....purposes sovereign, for some purposes subordinate. In a government so constituted, is it unreasonable that the judicial power should be competent to give... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Slavery - 1877 - 562 pages
...the American territory. The 'Constitution and laws of a State, so far as they are repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the United States, are absolutely...United States; they are members of one great empire. — CHIEF JUSTICE MARSHALL, Cohens v. Virginia, Wheaton, Rep., Vol. VI. p. 414. THIS Address was prepared... | |
 | Kenneth McIntosh - Constitutional history - 1877 - 208 pages
...will of one of its members. Each member will possess a veto on the will of the whole. These States are members of one great empire — for some purposes sovereign, for some purposes subordinate. * * * The judicial department can decide on the validity of the Constitution or law of a State if it... | |
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... The people have declared that, in the exercise of all powers given for these objects, it is supreme. It can, then, in effecting these objects, legitimately control all individuals or governments within the American territory. The constitution and... 
