 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
 | John William Burgess - History - 1897 - 582 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." The President also said that he could have furnished a plan for a bank, had it been requested of him,... | |
 | United States. President, James Daniel Richardson - United States - 1897 - 694 pages
...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,...influence as the force of their reasoning may deserve. But in the case relied upon the Supreme Court have not decided that all the features of this corporation... | |
 | United States. President - Presidents - 1897 - 586 pages
...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,...influence as the force of their reasoning may deserve. But in the case relied upon the Supreme Court have not decided that all the features of this corporation... | |
 | United States. President - Presidents - 1897 - 532 pages
...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,...influence as the force of their reasoning may deserve. But in the case relied upon the Supreme Court have not decided that all the features of this corporation... | |
 | West Virginia Bar Association - Bar associations - 1898 - 168 pages
...than the opinion of Congress 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." On the same subject Mr. Lincoln, in his first inaugural address, anticipating that, in his task of... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1900 - 376 pages
...support the Constitution. Here is his triumphant reply. " If the opinion of the Supreme Court covered the whole ground of this Act, it ought not to control...influence as the force of their reasoning may deserve." 1 Mark these words : " Each public officer, who takes an oath to support the Constitution, swears that... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1900 - 372 pages
...the Constitution. Each public officer, who takes an oath to support the Constitution, swears t/iat he will support it as he understands it, and not as...influence as the force of their reasoning may deserve." After this passage from General Jackson I proceeded as follows : — " In swearing to support the Constitution... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1900 - 392 pages
...that he will support it 1 Life and Letters of Joseph Story, edited by his Son, Vol. II. p. 39«. at he understands it, and not as it is understood by...such influence as the force of their reasoning may deserve."1 With these authoritative words I dismiss this topic. The early legislation of Congress and... | |
 | Francis Newton Thorpe - Constitutional history - 1901 - 718 pages
...independent of both. The authority of the Supreme Court must not, therefore, be permitted to control Congress or the executive when acting in their legislative...influence as the force of their reasoning may deserve." 2 This was a novel theory of constitutional interpretation, but it consisted well with the individualism... | |
 | Francis Newton Thorpe - Constitutional history - 1901 - 724 pages
...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 Congress or the executive when acting in their legislative capacities, but to have only such influence... | |
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