A Legislative Act Contrary To The Constitution

State Inspection Laws, Health Laws, And Laws For Regulating The Internal Commerce Of A State, And Those Which Respect Turnpike Roads, Ferries, &c. Are Not Within The Power Granted To Congress. ... Inspection Laws, Quarantine Laws, Health Laws Of Every Description, As Well As Laws For Regulating The Internal Commerce Of A State, And Those Which Respect Turnpike Roads, Ferries, &c., Are Component Parts Of This Mass. No Direct General Power Over These Objects Is Granted To Congress, And, Consequently, They Remain Subject To State Legislation.

It Is The Peculiar Province Of The Legislature To Prescribe General Rules For The Government Of Society; The Application Of Those Rules To Individuals In Society Would Seem To Be The Duty Of Other Departments.

A Corporation Is An Artificial Being, Invisible, Intangible, And Existing Only In Contemplation Of Law.

Between A Balanced Republic And A Democracy, The Difference Is Like That Between Order And Chaos.

It Is Emphatically The Province And Duty Of The Judicial Department To Say What The Law Is.