 | 1890 - 542 страници
...inconsistency in matters wherein the State is subordinate and the United States paramount — where the Constitution and laws of the United States are the supreme law of the land. We have already seen that although in certain cases the courts of the United States have jurisdiction... | |
 | Charles Hodge, Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater - 1861 - 866 страници
...treason against the United States, the constitution assumes that allegiance is due to the union. If the constitution and laws of the United States are the supreme law of the land, anything in the constitution or laws of any particular state to the contrary notwithstanding, then... | |
 | William Whiting - 1871 - 728 страници
...rules, regulations, customs, or laws of either State to the contrary, for the constitution, treaties, and laws of the United States are the supreme law of the land. If slaves were released by act of Congress, or by the act of their masters, there would be no person... | |
 | 1872 - 886 страници
...conquered territory from a foreign state have very imperfect application to the case before us. The Constitution and laws of the United States are the supreme law of Louisiana, and you are to enforce the execution of those laws. And I see no valid distinction between... | |
 | Henry Flanders - 1874 - 322 страници
...States made in pursuance of it, and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, are the supreme law of the land ; and the judges in every state are bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any state to the... | |
 | Henry Flanders - 1874 - 296 страници
...States made in pursuance of it, and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, are the supreme law of the land ; and the judges in every state are bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any state to the... | |
 | 1875 - 858 страници
...regard to ruco, color, or previous condition of servitude. 2. Because we hold that the laws of Congress of the United States are the supreme law of the land, and that States have no reserved rights by which such States can abridge the privileges and immunities... | |
 | Lawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson - 1883 - 796 страници
...of the law. "An unconstitutional law is void, and is no law." (Ex parte Siebold, 100 US 376.) " The Constitution and laws of the United States are the...on the same subject, cease to have effect as laws." (Ib., 392 and 397.) 6. It is further urged on the part of plaintiff, that under the State Constitution,... | |
 | 1883 - 710 страници
...void and is no law. An offense created by it is not a crime." And again, on pages 392 and 397, "The Constitution and laws of the United States are the...individual or official capacity * * * *. The laws of this State, in so far as they are inconsistent with the laws of Congress on the same subject, cease... | |
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The Constitution and laws of the United States are the supreme law of the land, and to these every citizen of every State owes obedience, whether in his individual or official capacity. 
