When A Law Is In Its Nature

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.

The Power To Tax Involves The Power To Destroy;...the Power To Destroy May Defeat And Render Useless The Power To Create.

The Power To Tax Is The Power To Destroy.

The Institution Of Masonry Ought To Be Abandoned As One Capable Of Much Evil, And Incapable Of Producing Any Good Which Might Not Be Affected By Safe And Open Means.

No Principle Of General Law Is More Universally Acknowledged, Than The Perfect Equality Of Nations. Russia And Geneva Have Equal Rights. It Results From This Equality, That No One Can Rightfully Impose A Rule On Another....as No Nation Can Prescribe A Rule For Others, None Can Make A Law Of Nations.