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" The Congress, the Executive and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood... "
A Political Text-book for 1860: Comprising a Brief View of Presidential ... - Page 177
1860 - 248 pages
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The Federal Government of Australasia: Speeches Delivered on Various ...

Sir Henry Parkes - Australia - 1890 - 216 pages
...I am quoting from the message of the President conveying his veto on one of their Bills. He says : Each public officer who takes an oath to support the...understands it, and not as it is understood by others. Daniel Webster among others strongly condemned the .President, and thus spoke of it at the time : —...
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Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a ..., Volume 1

Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1891 - 858 pages
...each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each pnblic ollicrr, who takes nn oath to support the Constitution, swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not oa it is understood by others. It is as much the duty of the House of Representatives, of the Senate,...
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The Supreme Court of the United States: Its History, Volume 1

Hampton Lawrence Carson - Judges - 1892 - 472 pages
...co-ordinate authorities of this government. The Congress, the Executive and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each...he understands it, and not as it is understood by others."1 1 The question whether the Departments of the Government are independent of each other, and...
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Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters ..., Volume 1

Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 1080 pages
...authorities of this government. The Congress, the executive, and the court must, each for itself, be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each...understands it, and not as it is understood by others. Again and again have I heard Judge Douglas denounce that bank decision and applaud General Jackson...
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Pennsylvania Bar Association. Meeting. Report of the ... Annual ..., Volume 3

Pennsylvania Bar Association - Bar associations - 1897 - 396 pages
...oath of office. President Jackson, in his celebrated message, vetoing the Bank bill, says : " Every public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution...understands it, and not as it is understood by others." In this statement, as an, argument, there would seem to.be nothing but the most pernicious error. A...
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Hearings on the Equal Access Act: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education - Government publications - 1984 - 290 pages
...Similarly, Lincoln cited Andrew Jackson: "The Congress, the executive and the court, must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each...understands it, and not as it is understood by others." Id. at 402. At one point Lincoln observed that quoting Jefferson and Jackson to Douglas was like quoting...
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Federalism and the Federal Judiciary: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Separation of Powers - Courts - 1984 - 1048 pages
...authorities of this Government. The Congress, the Executive, and the court, must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the constitution. Each...he will support it as he understands it, and not as understood by others. It is as much the duty of the House of Representatives, of the Senate, and of...
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Hearings on the Equal Access Act: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education - Government publications - 1984 - 262 pages
...Similarly, Lincoln cited Andrew Jackson: "The Congress, the executive and the court, must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer, who takes an path to support the Constitution, swears that he will support it as he understands it. and not as it...
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Line Item Veto: Hearings Before the Committee on Rules and Administration ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration - Budget - 1985 - 236 pages
...force of their reasoning." Jackson believed that each public officer should support the Constitution "as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others." He did not embrace, however, the Jeffersonians' unyielding hostility toward the courts. Rather, he...
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H.R. 1013, H.R. 1371, and Other Proposals which Address the Issue of ...

United States. Congress. House. Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Subcommittee on Legislation - Intelligence service - 1987 - 418 pages
...Jackson, in his veto message, said: "The Congress, the Executive, and the Court, must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the constitution. Each...understands it, and not as it is understood by others. 295 (~~K is as much the duty of the House of Representatives, of the Senate, and of the President,...
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