 | United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch - 1816 - 684 pages
...question here to be decided is, does the act of 1804 violate the constitution of the United States. The constitution of the United States declares that no state shall « pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts." In the case of Fletcher r. Peck, it... | |
 | James Madison Porter - 1837 - 72 pages
...power, on whose legislature no other restrictions are imposed than may be found in its own constitution. She is a part of a large empire; she is a member of...that no state shall pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts. Does the case now under consideration... | |
 | Henry Baldwin - 1837 - 236 pages
...power, on whose legislature no other restrictions are imposed than may be found in its own constitution. She is a part of a large empire. She is a member of...several states, which none claim a right to pass." 6 Cr. 136. The political situation of the United States, anterior to the formation of the constitution,... | |
 | Henry Baldwin - 1837 - 230 pages
...power, on whose legislature no other restrictions are imposed than may be found in its own constitution. She is a part of a large empire. She is a member of...several states, which none claim a right to pass." 6 Cr. 136. The political situation of the United States, anterior to the formation of the constitution,... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1837 - 740 pages
...principles. If I should err in presenting ! theirs, I shall at least place my own beyond contradiction. The constitution of the United States declares that " no State shall pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts." This is a most wise and salutary provision; may it be perpetual!... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - 1838 - 696 pages
...power, on whose legislature no other restrictions are imposed than may be found in its own constitution. She is a part of a large empire ; she is a member of the American Union ; and that union has a constimtion, the supremacy of which all acknowledge, and which imposes limits to the legislatures of... | |
 | John Marshall - 1839 - 762 pages
...power, on whose legislature no other restrictions are imposed than may be found in its own constitution. |She is a part of a large empire ; she is a member...of the several states, which none claim a right to passT^ The constitution of the United States declares that " no state shall pass any bill of attainder,... | |
 | John Bouvier - 1843 - 752 pages
...legislature by which one or more persons are declared to be attainted, and their property confiscated. The constitution of the United States declares that no state shall pass any bill of attainder. During the revolutionary war, bills of attainder, and ex post facto acts of confiscation, wore passed... | |
 | Lysander Spooner - 1845 - 168 pages
...constitutional right to use them, if need be, for the defence of one's liberty or life. Seventh. The constitution of the United States declares that "no state shall pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts." " The obligation of contracts," here spoken of, is, of... | |
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Georgia cannot be viewed as a single unconnected, sovereign power, on whose legislature no other restrictions are imposed than may be found in its own constitution. She is a part of a large empire; she is a member of the American Union ; and that union... 
