 The power and duty of the judiciary to disregard an unconstitutional act of Congress, or of any State Legislature, were declared in an argument approaching to the precision and certainty of a mathematical demonstration.  The North American Review - Page 363edited by - 1827Full view - About this book
 | Rome Green Brown - 1917 - 890 pages
...in the famous case of Marbury v. Madison, 1 Cranch, 137, in which, Chancellor Kent declares, ture, were declared in an argument approaching to the precision...and certainty of a mathematical demonstration." The limitations of the Constitution were expressly made the supreme law of the land, binding upon all courts,... | |
 | Alabama State Bar Association. Meeting - Bar associations - 1921 - 352 pages
...no court since that time has questioned the soundness of this principle. Chancellor Kent has said : "The power and duty of the judiciary to disregard...precision and certainty of a mathematical demonstration." In announcing the principle of the inviolability of the Constitution, Marshall was not seeking to enhance... | |
 | Virginia State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1913 - 448 pages
...Marshall in the famous case of Marbury versus Madison, 1 Cranch, 137, in which as Chancellor Kent declares "the power and duty of the judiciary to disregard...and certainty of a mathematical demonstration." The language of Chief Justice Marshall is clear and conclusive. "The Constitution is either a superior,... | |
 | Brinton Coxe - Constitutional law - 2005 - 434 pages
...and elaborate discussion. The ' ' power and duty of the judiciary to disregard an unconsti" tutional act of Congress, or of any state legislature, were...to the precision " and certainty of a mathematical demonstration.'1'' The precision and certainty of a mathematical demonstration, of course, means inference... | |
 | Pennsylvania Bar Association - Bar associations - 1914 - 474 pages
...Marshall in the famous case of Marbury vs. Madison, 1 Cranch, 137, in which as Chancellor Kent declares "the power and duty of the judiciary to disregard...and certainty of a mathematical demonstration." The language of Chief Justice Marshall is clear and conclusive. "The Constitution is either a superior,... | |
 | Charles Kettleborough - Constitutional history - 1916 - 734 pages
...consideration of the Supreme Court of the United States and received a clear and elaborate discussion. The power and duty of the judiciary to disregard an...precision and certainty of a mathematical demonstration." 1 Kent's Comm. pp. 453, 454. And the following are the words of that Great American lawyer, Rufus Choate:... | |
 | Nebraska State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1909 - 306 pages
...consideration of the supreme court of the United States, and received a clear and elaborate discussion. The power and duty of the judiciary to disregard an...legislature, were declared in an argument approaching to the precisfon and certainty of a mathematical demonstration," Judge Dillon, in discussing this, says:3... | |
 | United States - 1899 - 1158 pages
...Madison, 1 Cranch, 175 and seq.) Chancellor Kent has designated this judgment of Chief Justice Marshall as an argument approaching to the precision and certainty of a mathematical demonstration, anil, speaking of laws repugnant to the Constitution, he traces the growth of the American doctrine,... | |
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