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" The Congress, the executive, and the court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood... "
Charles Sumner; His Complete Works: With Introduction by Hon. George Frisbie ... - Page 180
by Charles Sumner - 1900
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The Constitution in Congress: Democrats and Whigs, 1829-1861

David P. Currie - 2005 - 369 pages
...Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others. It is as much the duty of the House of Representatives, of the Senate, and of the President to decide...
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The Constitution in Congress: Democrats and Whigs, 1829-1861

David P. Currie - 2005 - 369 pages
...Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others. It is as much the duty of the House of Representatives, of the Senate, and of the President to decide...
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The Money Men: Capitalism, Democracy, and the Hundred Years' War Over the ...

H. W. Brands - 2006 - 256 pages
...the president. "Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others. It is as much the duty of the House of Representatives, of the Senate, and of the President to decide...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln

Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 2006 - 896 pages
...Constitution. Each public officer, who takes an oath to support the Constitution, swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others." Again and again have I heard Judge Douglas denounce that bank decision, and applaud General Jackson...
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Constitutional Democracy: Creating and Maintaining a Just Political Order

Walter F. Murphy - 2007 - 588 pages
...said in 1832: "Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others. . . . The opinion of the judges has no more authority over Congress than the opinion of Congress has...
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Constitutional Democracy: Creating and Maintaining a Just Political Order

Walter F. Murphy - 2007 - 588 pages
...1832: "Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others. . . . The opinion of the judges has no more authority over Congress than the opinion of Congress has...
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Aggressive Nationalism: McCulloch v. Maryland and the Foundation of Federal ...

Richard E. Ellis - 2007 - 280 pages
...Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others. It is as much the duty of the House of Representatives, of the Senate, and of the President to decide...
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The Political Question Doctrine and the Supreme Court of the United States

Nada Mourtada-Sabbah, Bruce E. Cain - 2007 - 290 pages
...Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others. It is as much the duty of the House of Representatives, of the Senate, and of the President to decide...
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American Economic Policy from the Revolution to the New Deal

William Letwin - 438 pages
...Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others. It is as much the duty of the House of Representatives, of the Senate, and of the President to decide...
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The Constitution on the Campaign Trail: The Surprising Political Career of ...

Andrew Busch - 2007 - 346 pages
...Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others.18 As always, insight into the thinking of the framers can be gained by examining the Federalist....
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