Legal and Historical Status of the Dred Scott Decision: A History of the Case and an Examination of the Opinion Delivered by the Supreme Court of the United States, March 6, 1857 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Ewing, Elbert William R.

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ISBN 10: 1330557093 ISBN 13: 9781330557099

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from Legal and Historical Status of the Dred Scott Decision: A History of the Case and an Examination of the Opinion Delivered by the Supreme Court of the United States, March 6, 1857

The powers of the legislature (congress) are defined and limited; and, that those limits might not be mistaken or for gotten, the Constitution is written.

This is the first instance in which an act of Congress was held unconstitutional, and the first in history wherein a court called in question an act of a national legislature. See Mar bury vs. Madison, I Cranch, United States Reports, 162.

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Excerpt from Legal and Historical Status of the Dred Scott Decision: A History of the Case and an Examination of the Opinion Delivered by the Supreme Court of the United States, March 6, 1857

In 1782 Judge Wythe of the supreme court of Virginia, with reference to the constitution of that State, speaking for the court said:

"Nay more, if the whole legislature, an event to be deprecated, should attempt to overlap the bounds prescribed to them by the people, I, in administering the public justice of the country, will meet the united powers at my seat in this tribunal; and, pointing to the constitution, will say to them, here is the limit of your authority, and hither shall you go, but no further."

This is the first reported case in the United States where the nullity of an unconstitutional law was discussed before a judicial tribunal. It is the first great American precedent. Sec 4 Call's Virginia Reports, page 5.

In 1803 the Supreme Court of the United States held that, "The powers of the legislature (Congress) are defined and limited; and, that those limits might not be mistaken or forgotten, the Constitution is written."

This is the first instance in which an act of Congress was held unconstitutional, and the first in history wherein a court called in question an act of a national legislature. See Marbury vs. Madison, I Cranch, United States Reports, 162.

The American people have since believed that the principles thus announced and since followed are essential to their rights and liberty.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1330557093
• ISBN 13: 9781330557099
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 240