| Alexander M. Bickel - Law - 1986 - 322 pages
...Constitution, acts of Congress to the contrary notwithstanding. "The question," Marshall's opinion begins, "whether an act repugnant to the Constitution, can...not of an intricacy proportioned to its interest." Marshall's confidence that he could traverse the path ahead with ease is understandable, since he had... | |
| Christian Lerat - Courts - 1989 - 340 pages
...juger une loi et de la declarer eventuellement inconstitutionnelle. [Mr. Chief Justice Marshall]... The question, whether an act, repugnant to the constitution,...not of an intricacy proportioned to its interest. lt seems only necessary to recognize certain principles, supposed to have been long and well established,... | |
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