 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
 | Henry Varnum Poor - Banks and banking - 1877 - 623 pages
...not, therefore, be permitted to control the Congress or the Executive, when acting in their respective capacities ; but to have only such influence as the force of their reasoning may deserve." In the preceding extract, every one now sees the beginning of the end: Jackson completed the work of... | |
 | John Stilwell Jenkins - Generals - 1880 - 397 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. But, in the case relied upon, the Supreme Court have not decided that all the features of this corporation... | |
 | Jonathan Norcross - 1883 - 227 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." No such folly, no such madness, no such anarchical teaching ever could have taken place under any other... | |
 | Jonathan Norcross - 1884 - 227 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." No such folly, no such madness, no such anarchical teaching ever could have taken place under any other... | |
 | Horace Davis - Constitutional law - 1884 - 70 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... | |
 | Johns Hopkins University - History - 1885
...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... | |
 | Judson Stuart Landon - Constitutional history - 1889 - 389 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,...executive when acting in their legislative capacities." No valid technical exception can be taken to this reasoning, when applied by the President or by Congress,... | |
 | Woodrow Wilson - African Americans - 1893 - 326 pages
...point, the President is independent of both." The decisions of the Supreme Court must be permitted " to have only such influence as the force of their reasoning may deserve." The protest added that it was not within the constitutional privilege of one of the Houses of Congress... | |
 | Woodrow Wilson - Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) - 1893 - 326 pages
...point, the President is independent of both." The decisions of the Supreme Court must be permitted " to have only such influence as the force of their reasoning may deserve." /The protest added that it was not within the constitutional privilege of one of the Houses of Congress... | |
 | James Mitchell Ashley - Abolitionists - 1894 - 851 pages
...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." Such, sir, were the opinions of two of the most illustrious Democratic statesmen of the past generation... | |
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