 | Timothy Farrar - 1867 - 560 Seiten
...welfare] ... as giving a distinct and independent power, . . . would render all the . . . enumerations of power completely useless. It would reduce the whole...a single phrase, —that of instituting a Congress [or government] with power to do whatever would be for the good of the United States." Ergo, the argument... | |
 | Timothy Farrar - 1867 - 560 Seiten
...the same opinion. He says, that, considered as a " distinct and independent " power, it would be a "power to do whatever would be for the good of the United States; and as they [Congress] would be the sole judges of the good or evil, it would also be a power to do whatever evil... | |
 | 1881 - 668 Seiten
...which might be for the good of the Union, would render all the preceding and subsequent enumerations of power completely useless. It would reduce the whole...instituting a Congress with power to do whatever would be tor the good of the United States ; and, as they would IK; the sole judges of the good or evil, it... | |
 | John Joseph Lalor - 1882 - 870 Seiten
...which might be for the good of the Union, would render all the preceding and subsequent enumerations of power completely useless. It would reduce the whole...be also a power to do whatever evil they pleased. *»*»** Certainly no such universal power was meant to be given them. It was intended to lace them... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1891 - 858 Seiten
...good of the United States; and, as they would be the sole judges of the good or evil, it would also be a power to do whatever evil they pleased. It is an...established rule of construction, where a phrase will bear cither of two meanings, to give that which will allow some meaning to the other parts of the instrument,... | |
 | William Jay Youmans - 1897 - 902 Seiten
...which ought to be for the good of the Union . . . would reduce the whole instrument to a single phase, that of instituting a Congress with power to do whatever...United States ; and as they would be the sole judges of good or evil, it would also be a power to do whatever evil they pleased " (1 Story, Constitution, section... | |
 | 1897 - 896 Seiten
...which ought to be for the good of the Union . . . would reduce the whole instrument to a single phase, that of instituting a Congress with power to do whatever...United States ; and as they would be the sole judges of good or evil, it would also be a power to do whatever evil they pleased" (1 Story, Constitution, section... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 1898 - 884 Seiten
...which might be for the good of the Union, would render all the preceding and subsequent enumerations of power completely useless. It would reduce the whole...would be also a power to do whatever «» evil they please. It is an established rule of construction where a phrase will bear V either of two meanings,... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1900 - 1504 Seiten
...which might be for the good of the Union, would render all the preceding and subsequent enumerations of power completely useless. It would reduce the whole...it would be also a power to do whatever evil they please. It is an established rule of construction where a phrase will bear either of two meanings,... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1900 - 1082 Seiten
...which might be for the good of the Union, would render all the preceding and subsequent enumerations of power completely useless. It would reduce the whole...United States; and, as they would be the sole judges of Tthe good or evil, it would be also a power to do whatever evil they please. It is an es tablished... | |
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... but only to lay taxes for that purpose. To consider the latter phrase, not as describing the purpose of the first but as giving a distinct and independent power to do any act they please, which might be for the good of the Union, would render all... 
