The Power To Tax Is The Power

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.

The Federal Government Is Acknowledged By All To Be One Of Enumerated Powers. The Principle, That It Can Exercise Only The Powers Granted To It . . . Is Now Universally Admitted.

State Inspection Laws, Health Laws, And Laws For Regulating The Internal Commerce Of A State, And Those Which Respect Turnpike Roads, Ferries, &c. Are Not Within The Power Granted To Congress. ... Inspection Laws, Quarantine Laws, Health Laws Of Every Description, As Well As Laws For Regulating The Internal Commerce Of A State, And Those Which Respect Turnpike Roads, Ferries, &c., Are Component Parts Of This Mass. No Direct General Power Over These Objects Is Granted To Congress, And, Consequently, They Remain Subject To State Legislation.

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.

My Gift Of John Marshall To The People Of The United States Was The Proudest Act Of My Life. There Is No Act Of My Life On Which I Reflect With More Pleasure. I Have Given To My Country A Judge Equal To A Hole, Holt, Or A Mansfield.