The opinion of the judges has no more authority over Congress than the opinion of Congress has over the judges, and on that point the President is independent of both. The authority of the Supreme Court must not, therefore, be permitted to control the... Arguments and Speeches of William Maxwell Evarts - Page 445by William Maxwell Evarts - 1919Full view - About this book
| Michael A. Bamberger - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 260 pages
...opinion of the Congress has over the judges, and on that point the President is independent of both. The authority of the Supreme Court must not, therefore,...or the Executive when acting in their legislative capacity, but to have only such influence as the force of their reasoning may deserve.2* This is a... | |
| Marvin Olasky - History - 2000 - 324 pages
...constitutional interpretation in his veto message. (In Jackson's view, Supreme Court decisions did not "control the Congress or the Executive when acting in their legislative capacities, but [had] such influence as the force of their reasoning may deserve.") He argued that the federal government... | |
| Charles Grove Haines - Judicial power - 2001 - 180 pages
...opinion of Congress has over the judges; and, on that point, the President is independent of both. The authority of the Supreme Court must not, therefore,...influence as the force of their reasoning may deserve. 1 The President continued to the effect that the issue of the kind or necessity of a banking institution... | |
| Roland Adickes - Political Science - 2017 - 175 pages
...Executive, and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution.... The authority of the Supreme Court must not, therefore,...influence as the force of their reasoning may deserve [Kurland, Vol. 3, p. 263, No. 20]. This echoed Jefferson's opinion, expressed years earlier, that the... | |
| Andrew Lenner - History - 2001 - 248 pages
...just quoted, however, is taken entirely out of context. In the very same paragraph, Jackson declares, the authority of the Supreme Court must not, therefore,...such influence as the force of their reasoning may deserve.88 (Emphasis added.) What concerned Jackson was that the constitutionality of the bank might... | |
| United States - 2002 - 328 pages
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| United States - 2002 - 328 pages
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| Michael Waldman - 363 pages
...the opinion of Congress lias over the judges, and on that point the President is independent of both. The authority of the Supreme Court must not, therefore,...influence as the force of their reasoning may deserve. . . . [Jackson then explains his view that the law granting a monopoly charter to the bank was an unconstitutional... | |
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