Act Quote by John Marshall

The Constitution is only there to regulate matters.

— Jacob Zuma

A legislative act contrary to the Constitution is not law.

— John Marshall

Is there a Legislative power in fact, not expressly prohibited by the Constitution, which might not, according to the doctrine of the Court, be…

— James Madison

Certainly all those who have framed written constitutions contemplate them as forming the fundamental and paramount law of the nation, and consequently the theory…

— John Marshall

There is no position which depends on clearer principles than that every act of a delegated authority, contrary to the commission under which it…

— Alexander Hamilton

The authority of the Supreme Court must not be permitted to control the Congress or the Executive when acting in their legislative capacities, but…

— Andrew Jackson

Have no power, by taxation or otherwise, to retard, impede, burden or in any manner control the operations of the constitutional laws enacted by…

— John Marshall

The Constitution is not a law, but it empowers the people to make laws... The Constitution tells us what shall not be a lawful…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

The Constitution is the origin and measure of legislative authority. It says to legislators, thus far ye shall go and no farther. Not a…

— William Paterson

The congress of the United States possesses no power to regulate, or interfere with the domestic concerns, or police of any state: it belongs…

— St. George Tucker

All repressive laws must be revoked, and laws introduced to protect the rights of the people.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

No law can give Congress a backbone if it refuses to stand off as the coequal branch the Constitution made it.

— Trey Gowdy