Encyclopedia of Supreme Court QuotationsM.E. Sharpe, 2000 |
Contents
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2 The Enforcers | 17 |
3 The Least Dangerous Branch | 22 |
4 The Sacred Parchment | 54 |
5 Expectations and Deliverance | 75 |
6 The Good of the Fifty | 101 |
7 Due Process and Equal Protection | 113 |
8 Opinions Dissents and Recorders | 129 |
10 Liberty Freedom Happiness | 167 |
11 The ArrestThe TrialThe Punishment | 190 |
12 The Global Community | 224 |
13 Everything Else | 235 |
The Constitution of the United States of America | 249 |
Table of Cases with Case Summaries | 267 |
Table of Justices and Decisions by Justices | 363 |
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Page 4 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people.