| 1901 - 502 pages
...and judicial framer of the Constitution. The keynote of his rendering was struck in the words, "We must never forget that it is a constitution we are expounding." — McCulloch vs. State of Maryland, 4 Wheat on, 316. The case involved the constitutionality of the Bank of the... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1934 - 816 pages
...against such a narrow conception that Chief Justice Marshall uttered the memorable warning — " We must never forget that it is a constitution we are expounding " (McCulloch v. Maryland, 4 Wheats 316, 407) — " a constitution intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently, to be... | |
| 1952 - 1286 pages
...against such a narrow conception that Chief Justice Marshall uttered the memorable warning — 'We must never forget that it is a constitution we are...expounding' (McCulloch v. Maryland, 4 Wheat. 316, 407)— 'a constitution 80S intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently, to be adapted to the various... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1953 - 1218 pages
...guard against such a narrow conception that Chief Justice Marshall uttered the memorable warning— 'We must never forget that it is a constitution we are...expounding' (McCulloch v. Maryland, 4 Wheat. 316, 407) — 'a constitution Intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently, to be adapted to the various... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1962 - 884 pages
...significance from this semantic circumstance seems hardly to be faithful to John Marshall's admonition that "it is a constitution we are expounding." McCulloch v. Maryland, 4 Wheat. 316, 407. But it would be needlessly literal to suppose that the Court rested its holding on this point. Rather... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare - 1967 - 1384 pages
...10340. The pole-star for constitutional adjudications is John Marshall's greatest judicial utterance that "it is a constitution we are expounding." McCulloch v. Maryland, 4 Wheat. 316, 407. That requires both a spacious view in applying an instrument of government "made for an undefined and... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Labor and Public Welfare - 1967 - 1414 pages
...10340. The pole-star for constitutional adjudications is John Marshall's greatest judicial utterance that "it is a constitution we are expounding." McCulloch v. Maryland, 4 Wheat. 316, 407. That requires both a spacious view in applying an instrument of government "made for an undefined and... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee No. 5 - 1971 - 152 pages
...with such an omission. The charge now made finds its only support in a punctilio of grammar. ". . . we must never forget, that it is a constitution we are...expounding." McCulloch v. Maryland, 4 Wheat. 316, 407. Its provisions are not to be interpreted like those of a municipal code or of a penal statute, though... | |
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