Between A Balanced Republic And A Democracy,

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.

The Government Of The United States Has Been Emphatically Termed A Government Of Laws, And Not Of Men. It Will Certainly Cease To Deserve This High Appellation, If The Laws Furnish No Remedy For The Violation Of A Vested Legal Right.

The Particular Phraseology Of The Constitution Of The United States Confirms And Strengthens The Principle, Supposed To Be Essential To All Written Constitutions, That A Law Repugnant To The Constitution Is Void; And That Courts, As Well As Other Departments, Are Bound By That Instrument.

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