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" Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that as in all other cases... "
Thirty Years' View; Or, A History of the Working of the American Government ... - Page 332
by Thomas Hart Benton - 1854
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The Virginia Report of 1799-1800, Touching the Alien and Sedition Laws ...

Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson - Law - 2018 - 260 pages
...the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constjtution, the measure of its powers ; but that, as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions,...
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The Library of Original Sources: Volume VIII (1800 - 1833)

Oliver J. Thatcher - History - 2004 - 476 pages
...said, to give to the General Government the final and exclusive right to judge of its powers, is to make "its discretion, and not theā€¢ Constitution, the measure of its powers ;" and that "in all cases of compact between parties having no common judge, each party has an equal...
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Who Belongs in America?: Presidents, Rhetoric, and Immigration

Vanessa B. Beasley - Political Science - 2006 - 318 pages
...exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure...powers; but that as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common Judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions...
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The Spirit of American Government

J. Allen Smith - Political Science - 2006 - 421 pages
...exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself, since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure...of its powers ; but that as in all other cases of coinpact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as...
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The Jeffersonian Transformation: Passages From The "History"

Henry Adams - History - 2006 - 244 pages
...exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself, since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers," but that each party had an equal right to judge for itself as to an infraction of the compact, and the proper...
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The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution

Kevin Gutzman - History - 2007 - 258 pages
...government adopted unconstitutional policies? Surely not the federal government, "since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but ... as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal...
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Exploring American History: From Colonial Times to 1877

Tom Lansford, Thomas E. Woods, Jr. - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2007 - 120 pages
...exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure...powers; but that, as in all other cases of compact among powers having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions...
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