The Power To Tax Is The Power

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.

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 Acme Of Judicial Distinction Means The Ability To Look A Lawyer Straight In The Eyes For Two Hours And Not Hear A Damned Word He Says.

A Legislative Act Contrary To The Constitution Is Not Law.

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.