It Is Emphatically The Province And Duty

Certainly All Those Who Have Framed Written Constitutions Contemplate Them As Forming The Fundamental And Paramount Law Of The Nation, And Consequently The Theory Of Every Such Government Must Be, That An Act Of The Legislature, Repugnant To The Constitution, Is Void.

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.

The Government Of The Union, Then, ... Is, Emphatically, And Truly, A Government Of The People. In Form And In Substance It Emanates From Them. Its Powers Are Granted By Them, And Are To Be Exercised Directly On Them, And For Their Benefit.

The Acme Of Judicial Distinction Means The Ability To Look A Lawyer Straight In The Eyes For Two Hours And Not Hear A Damned Word He Says.

The Law Does Not Expect A Man To Be Prepared To Defend Every Act Of His Life Which May Be Suddenly And Without Notice Alleged Against Him.