Between A Balanced Republic And A Democracy,

An Unlimited Power To Tax Involves, Necessarily, A Power To Destroy; Because There Is A Limit Beyond Which No Institution And No Property Can Bear Taxation.

This Government Is Acknowledged By All, To Be One Of Enumerated Powers.

When A Law Is In Its Nature A Contract, When Absolute Rights Have Vested Under That Contract, A Repeal Of The Law Cannot Divest Those Rights.

What Is It That Makes Us Trust Our Judges? Their Independence In Office And Manner Of Appointment.

The Peculiar Circumstances Of The Moment May Render A Measure More Or Less Wise, But Cannot Render It More Or Less Constitutional.