...States, and not a compact made by the legislatures of the different states. 2. That the government of the United States can claim no powers which are not granted to it by the constitution, either expressly or by necessary implication. 3. That the words of the constitution are to be taken...

...it by the Constitution, either expressly or by necessary implication. //'iW. 58. The Constitution, like every other grant, is to have a reasonable construction, according to the import of its terms ; the words are to be taken ia their natural and obvious sense, and not in a sense either unreasonably...

...constitution and amendments, and is expressly recognised in the most solemn adjudications of this Court. " The government, then, of the United States, can claim...expressly given, or given by necessary implication;" 1 Wh. 326; Hunter v. Martin. " The powers retained by the states, proceed from the people of the several...

...constitution and amendments, and is expressly recognised in the most solemn adjudications of this Court. " The government, then, of the United States, can claim...expressly given, or given by necessary implication;" 1 Wh. 326; Hunter v. Martin. " The powers retained by the states, proceed from the people of the several...

...Speaking of the Constitution, we are told in Hunter's Lessee ad. Martin, 1 Wheat. 326, the government of the United States can claim no powers which are...necessary implication. On the other hand, this instrument is to have a reasonable construction, according to the import of its terms. The words are to be taken...

...this last principle extends only to what is necessary and appropriate to the case. " The Government of the United States can claim no powers, which are...expressly given, or given by necessary implication." " In the interpretation of a power, all the ordinary and appropriate means to execute it are to be...

...bar and a bench of unsurpassed ability, may fairly claim the title of Expounder of the instrument. The government, then, of the United States, can claim...actually granted must be such as are expressly given or by necessary implication. On the other hand, this instrument, like every other grant, is to have a...

...referring to the Constitution, which is construed by the same rules as statutes, Story, J., said : " This instrument, like every other grant, is to have...reasonable construction according to the import of its term ; and where a power is expressly given in general terms, it is not to be restrained to particular...

...v. Hunter' t Lessee, I Wheat 304 ; 3 Cond. Rep. 575. 2. The government of the United States can hum no powers which are not granted to it by the constitution;...expressly given, or given by necessary implication. The instrument is to have a reasonable construction like other grants, according to the import of its...

...unimpaired, except so far as they are granted to the government of the United States. The government of the United States can claim no powers which are not granted to it by the Constitution, either expressly or by necessary implication. terms. Martin v. Hunter's Lessee, 1 Wheat. 304, 324,...