 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1965 - 182 strani
...Court in saying that: "If the legislatures of the several states may, at will, annul the judgments of the courts of the United States, and destroy the rights...judgments, the constitution itself becomes a solemn mockery . . . ." United States v. Peters, 5 Cranch 115, 136. A Governor who asserts a power to nullify a federal... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary - 1965 - 182 strani
...Court in saying that: "If the legislatures of the several states may, at will, annul the judgments of the courts of the United States, and destroy the rights...judgments, the constitution itself becomes a solemn mockery . . . ." United States v. Peters, 5 Cranch 115,136. A Governor who asserts a power to nullify a federal... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity - 1972 - 1908 strani
...Court in saying that : "If the legislatures of the several States may, at will, annul the judgments of the courts of the United States, and destroy the rights...judgments, the constitution itself becomes a solemn mockery . . . ." United States v. Peters (5 Cranch 115, 136) . A Governor who asserts a power to nullify a... | |
 | Michael Burns - 1987 - 340 strani
...to school desegregation decrees in the 1950s. ** The Supreme Court noted in that context that if the "states may, at will, annul the judgment of the courts...judgments, the Constitution itself becomes a solemn mockery."99 Congress may also enforce compact obligations through its legislative power.100 The Status... | |
 | Jean Edward Smith - 1998 - 788 strani
...unanimous Court, said that "if the legislatures of the several states may at will annul the judgments of the courts of the United States and destroy the rights...judgments, the Constitution itself becomes a solemn mockery."67 The chief justice chose his words with exactitude, aiming at separatist sentiment in New... | |
 | Robert J. Spitzer - 2000 - 300 strani
...Court in saying that: "If the legislatures of the several states may, at will, annul the judgments of the courts of the United States, and destroy the rights...the constitution itself becomes a solemn mockery. ..." United States v. Peters, 5 Cranch 115, 136. A Governor who asserts a power to nullify a federal... | |
 | John E. Semonche - 2000 - 532 strani
...was closely watched. "If the legislatures of the several states may, at will, annul the judgments of the courts of the United States, and destroy the rights acquired under those judgments," Marshall began, "the constitution itself becomes a solemn mockery, and the nation is deprived of the... | |
 | Donald P. Kommers, John E. Finn, Gary J. Jacobsohn - 2004 - 502 strani
...Court in saying that: "If the legislatures of the several states may, at will, annul the judgments of the courts of the United States, and destroy the rights...the constitution itself becomes a solemn mockery. ..." A Governor who asserts a power to nullify a federal court order is similarly restrained. If he... | |
 | Albert Jeremiah Beveridge - 2005 - 705 strani
...National Government, for, " if the legislatures of the several states may, at will, annul the judgments of the courts of the United States, and destroy the rights...laws by the instrumentality of its own tribunals." These clear, strong words were addressed to Massachusetts and Connecticut no less than to Pennsylvania.... | |
 | Henry Adams - 2006 - 244 strani
...words, declared that "if the legislatures of the several States may at will annul the judgments of the courts of the United States, and destroy the rights...laws by the instrumentality of its own tribunals." Pennsylvania yielded; and Marshall, in the following year, carried a step further the authority of... | |
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if the legislatures of the several States may, at will, annul the judgments of the courts of the United States, and destroy the rights acquired under those judgments, the Constitution itself becomes a solemn mockery. 
