Have No Power, By Taxation Or Otherwise,

No Political Dreamer Was Ever Wild Enough To Think Of Breaking Down The Lines Which Separate The States And Compounding The American People Into One Common Mass.

The Law Does Not Expect A Man To Be Prepared To Defend Every Act Of His Life Which May Be Suddenly And Without Notice Alleged Against Him.

It Is Emphatically The Province And Duty Of The Judicial Department To Say What The Law Is.

Seldom Has A Battle, In Which Greater Numbers Were Not Engaged, Been So Important In Its Consequences As That Of Cowpens.

It Is Emphatically The Province And Duty Of The Judicial Department To Say What The Law Is...if Two Laws Conflict With Each Other, The Courts Must Decide On The Operation Of Each...this Is Of The Very Essence Of Judicial Duty.