...freedom prevails, as being the essence of slavery itself." *0 Mr. Justice Miller said in another case: "No man in this country is so high that he is above the law. No officer of the law may set the law at defiance with impunity. All the officers of the government, from the highest to the lowest,...

...question ever submitted to it, the Court answered, in the majestic words of Mr. Justice Miller, that "No man in this country is so high that he is above...the Government, from the highest to the lowest, are creations of the law and are bound to obey it. It is the only supreme power in our system of government,...

...How., 73, 78; US v. Stewart, id. 79; Marbury f. Madison, 1 Cranch, 137.) Powers of officers.—All the officers of the Government, from the highest to the lowest, are but agents with delegated powers, and if they act beyond the scope of their delegated powers their...

...How., 73, 78; US v. Stewart, id. 70; Marbury f. Madison, 1 Cranch, 137.) Powers of officers.—All the officers of the Government, from the highest to the lowest, are but agents with delegated powers, and if they act beyond the scope of their delegated powers their...

...property as officers and agents of the United States and it is appropriated to lawful public uses. " No man in this country is so high that he is above...law at defiance with impunity. All the officers of government from the highest to the lowest are creations of the law and are bound to obey it. It is...

...property as officers and agents of the United States and it is appropriated to lawful public uses. " No man in this country is so high that he is above...law at defiance with impunity. All the officers of government from the highest to the lowest are creations of the law and are bound to obey it. It is...

...declared by the Supreme Court of the United States, the most august judicial tribunal in the world, "no man in this country is so high that he is above the law. All the officers of the government, from the highest to the lowest, are creatures of that law and are...

...of American public law in these words: "No man in this country is so high that he is above the law. All the officers of the Government, from the highest to the lowest, are creatures of that law and are bound to obey it." One of the oldest of our State Constitutions, that of Massachusetts...

...laws which protect the personal liberty and property, not only of the citizens of the District, but of all the officers of the Government, from the highest to the lowest, residing therein, and of the members of both houses of Congress; and of all citizens of the United...

...was brought against agents of the government and could not be prosecuted in the State Court, since all the officers of the government, from the highest to the lowest, were- creatures of law, and within their proper spheres exercised only such powers as were delegated...