 | Electronic journals - 1917 - 914 pages
...244. The Probation of Offenders Act, 7 EDW. VII, c. 170, which is much broader, was passed in 1907. * "Time works changes, brings into existence new conditions...application than the mischief which gave it birth." McKenna, J., in Weems t>. United States, 217 US 349, 373. "But the provisions of the Constitution are... | |
 | Connecticut. Office of the Attorney General - Attorneys general's opinions - 1913 - 296 pages
...language should not, therefore, be necessarily confined to the form that evil had theretofore taken. Time works changes, brings into existence new conditions...application than the mischief which gave it birth. This is peculiarly true of constitutions. They are not ephemeral enactments, designed to meet passing occasions.... | |
 | Harry Hamilton Laughlin - 1922 - 544 pages
...language should not, therefore, be necessarily confined to the form that evil had theretofore taken. Time works changes, brings into existence new conditions...application than the mischief which gave it birth. This is peculiarly true of constitutions. They are not ephemeral enactments, designed to meet passing occasions.... | |
 | Thomas James Norton - Constitutional history - 1922 - 332 pages
...evils", is nevertheless general and is intended to apply to new conditions. "Therefore," said the Court, "a principle to be vital must be capable of wider...application than the mischief which gave it birth. This is peculiarly true of constitutions." The Supreme Court has steadily refused to apply this Amendment as... | |
 | Thomas James Norton - Constitutional history - 1922 - 350 pages
...evils", is nevertheless general and is intended to apply to new conditions. "Therefore," said the Court, "a principle to be vital must be capable of wider...application than the mischief which gave it birth. This is peculiarly true of constitutions." The Supreme Court has steadily refused to apply this Amendment as... | |
 | Thomas James Norton - Constitutional history - 1922 - 332 pages
...evils", is nevertheless general and is intended to apply to new conditions. "Therefore," said the Court, "a principle to be vital must be capable of wider...application than the mischief which gave it birth. This is peculiarly true of constitutions." The Supreme Court has steadily refused to apply this Amendment as... | |
 | John William Davis - Constitutions - 1925 - 60 pages
...conviction of the soundness of their principles, they also knew, as the Supreme Court has said, that "A principle to be vital must be capable of wider...application than the mischief which gave it birth. This is peculiarly true of constitutions." This adaptability of the Constitution was not long in proving itself.... | |
 | Armistead Mason Dobie - Court rules - 1928 - 1176 pages
...vital, must be capable of wider application than the mischief which gave it birth. This is peculiarly true of Constitutions. They are not ephemeral enactments, designed to meet passing occasions." Mr. Justice McKenna, at page 373 (30 S. Ct. 551). See, also, at page 378 (30 S. Ct. 553) : "The clause... | |
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Time works changes, brings into existence new conditions and purposes. Therefore a principle to be vital must be capable of wider application than the mischief which gave it birth. 
