 | John Bristed - 1818 - 528 pages
...him, even in a state, the municipal law of which has abolished or prohibited slavery, be'" cause the constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land, to which all state laws must yield. Otherwise such fugitive slaves would be protected, because in all... | |
 | John Bristed - 1818 - 570 pages
...claim him, even in a state, the municipal law of which has abolished or prohibited slavery, because the constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land, to which all state laws must yield. Otherwise such fugitive slaves would be protected, because in all... | |
 | Albert Picket - 1820 - 314 pages
...th» sovereignty. 9. All legislative power, granted by the constitution, is vested in congress. 8. The constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land. All judicial officers of the United States are bound by oath to support it. 10. The judicial power... | |
 | William Latta McCalla - 1831 - 410 pages
...law. Between these two there is no more discrepancy, than there is in saying with one breath that the constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land,, and with another breath, that it is our great political covenant or federal compact. My Opponent speaks... | |
 | 1833 - 516 pages
...misapply the law, it does not alter the nature of the law itself, nor render it less infallible. The constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land ; and when an American citizen professes his belief in the binding force of that instrument, declaring... | |
 | The Senate of the United States.First Session of the Twenty-Sixth Congress. - 1840 - 1154 pages
...between independent sovereignties. I most readily and cheerfully give my assent to the position, that the constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land, and entitled to perfect respect and obedience; and I trust I shall never be instrumental, in any degree,... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature. Senate - 1850 - 736 pages
...the inviolability of contracts, and no law which the State Legislature can enact can, so long as the Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land, subvert or destroy the great principle on which all rights to property rest. Indeed the right of property... | |
 | Maryland. Court of Appeals, Richard W. Gill, Oliver Miller - 1850 - 596 pages
...that such a decision has never been made by this court. Upon this subject his language is — " The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land, and binds every forum, whether it derives its authority from a State, or from the United States. When... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1855 - 714 pages
...gentlemen, on both sides of this question ; and he would beg leave to give it his construction. The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land, and, like all other laws, when any doubts arise as respects its meaning, some fixed rules must be resorted... | |
 | 1856 - 654 pages
...If so, I shall be glad to hear him. Tbe argument for this new Democratic dogma is as follows : " The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land. It guaranties equality of rights to all the States, and to all the citizens of the United States. The... | |
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The State of California is an inseparable part of the American Union, and the Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land. 
