 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1926 - 1116 pages
...the historical method аз the right approach to the interpretation of any document. He there said: "The language of the Constitution cannot be interpreted...were when the instrument was framed and adopted." The situation existing at the time of the enactment of the amendment was the statute as it then stood,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1926 - 1546 pages
...Petitioner. (See SC Reporter's ed. 87-122.) Constitutional law — construction — effect of common law. 1. The language of the Constitution cannot be interpreted...they were when the instrument was framed and adopted. Note.— See note to this case as reported in 38 ALR 171, on power of executive to pardon one committed... | |
 | James Montgomery Beck - Constitutional law - 1926 - 136 pages
...language used by them. The present Chief Justice of the United States well said in a very recent case : "The language of the Constitution cannot be interpreted...institutions as they were when the instrument was formed and adopted. The statesmen and lawyers of the Convention, who submitted it to the ratification... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1926 - 1158 pages
...Federal courts their independence and the essential means of protecting their dignity and authority. The language of the Constitution cannot be interpreted...safely except by reference to the common law and to [109] British institutions as they were when the instrument was framed and adopted. The statesmen and... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Privileges and Elections - 1927 - 514 pages
...Beck's book, The Vanishing Rights of the States [reading] : The language of the Constitution can not be interpreted safely except by reference to the common...institutions as they were when the instrument was formed and adopted. The statesmen and lawyers 01 the convention, who submitted it to the ratification... | |
 | United States. U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on privileges and elections - 1927 - 524 pages
...Beck's book, The Vanishing Rights of the States [reading] : The language of the Constitution can not be interpreted safely except by reference to the common...institutions as they were when the instrument was formed and adopted. The statesmen and lawyers oí the convention, who submitted it to the ratification... | |
 | Law - 1925 - 448 pages
...: "The language of the Constitution eannot be interpreted safely exeept by referenee to the eommon law and to British institutions as they were when...framed and adopted. The statesmen and lawyers of the eonvention who submitted it to the ratifieation of the eonvention of the thirteen States, were bom,... | |
 | United States - Military law - 1930 - 1540 pages
...wherein the court sold : " The language of the Constitution can not be Interpreted safely except M reference to the common law and to British Institutions...convention who submitted It to the ratification of the conventions of the thirteen States were born and brought up In the atmosphere of the common law and... | |
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The language of the Constitution cannot be interpreted safely except by reference to the common law and to British institutions as they were when the instrument was framed and adopted. 
