 As men, whose intentions require no concealment, generally employ the words which most directly and aptly express the ideas they intend to convey, the enlightened patriots who framed our constitution, and the people who adopted it, must be understood...  A Selection of Cases on Constitutional Law - Page 225by Emlin McClain - 1900 - 1080 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Bradley Thayer - Constitutional law - 1894 - 470 pages
...of this strict construction, nor adopt it as the rule by which the Constitution is to be expounded. As men whose intentions require no concealment, generally...natural sense, and to have intended what they have said. If, from the imperfection of human language, there should be serious doubts respecting the extent of... | |
 | Patrick Francis Quigley - Education, Compulsory - 1894 - 642 pages
...construction as laid down by the supreme court of the United States : " 1st. The framers of the constitution must be understood to have employed words in their natural sense, and to have intended what they said ; and, in construing the extent of the powers which it creates there is no other rule than to... | |
 | Economics - 1895 - 596 pages
...to be taken in their obvious sense, and to have a reasonable construction. In Gibbons v. Ogden Mr. Chief Justice Marshall, with his usual felicity, said:...and to have intended what they have said." 9 Wheat. 188. And in Rhode Island v. Massachusetts, where the question was whether a controversy between two... | |
 | Wisconsin. Supreme Court, Frederic King Conover, Frederick William Arthur, Frederick C. Seibold, Arnold LeBell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1895 - 778 pages
...signification of the words employed." Cooley, Const. Lim. (1st ed.), 57. Says MARSHALL, CJ: "The framers of the constitution, and the people who adopted it, must...employed words in their natural sense, and to have understood what they meant." Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheat. 188. When we examine the very clear and direct... | |
 | Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denny, Joseph Villiers Denney - English language - 1909 - 494 pages
...men whose intentions require no concealment generally employ the words which most directly and amply express the ideas they intend to convey, the enlightened...natural sense, and to have intended what they have said. If, from the imperfection of human language, there should be serious doubts respecting the extent of... | |
 | James Schouler - Constitutional history - 1897 - 352 pages
..." government is its true character. 2 158 US 618. 3 156 US 237. * "As men whose intention requires no concealment generally employ the words which most...sense, and to have intended what they have said." Marshall, CJ, in 9 Wheat, 1, J88. 6 Articles, in. other;" but here that "we the people ... do ordain... | |
 | Iowa. General Assembly. House of Representatives - Iowa - 1897 - 1164 pages
...posteritj': Thus, Marshall, CJ, in relation to the ' constitution of the United States: 'The framers of the constitution, and the people who adopted it, must...their natural sense, and to have intended what they said.' Gibbon v. Ogden, 9 Wheat, 188. "So in the dissenting opinion of Bronson, J., in the People v.... | |
 | Iowa. General Assembly. Senate - Iowa - 1897 - 1278 pages
...posterity.' Thus, Marshall, C J., in relation to the Constitution of the United States: 'The framers of the Constitution, and the people who adopted it, must...their natural sense, and to have intended what they said.' Gibbon v. Ogden, 9 Wheat, 188. So in the dissenting opinion of Bronson, J., in the People v.... | |
 | Domestic relations - 1897 - 234 pages
...therein." In Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheat [22 US] 188, Chief Justice Marshall said: "The f ramers of the constitution and the people who adopted It must be...employed words In their natural sense, and to have understood what they meant" And Judge Cooley, In his work on Constitutional Limitations (page 59),... | |
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