Supreme Court opinion · Legal opinion · Legal writingThe government of the United States has been emphatically termed a government of laws, and not of men.John MarshallMarbury v. Madison · 1803★ 7.0
Supreme Court opinion · Legal opinion · Legal writingIt 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.John MarshallMarbury v. Madison · 1803★ 5.4
Supreme Court opinion · Legal opinion · Legal writingCertainly all those who have framed written Constitutions contemplate them as forming the fundamental and paramount law of the nation, and consequently the theory of every such government must be that an act of the Legislature repugnant to the Constitution is void.John MarshallMarbury v. Madison · 1803★ 4.5
Supreme Court opinion · Legal opinion · Legal writingWe must never forget that it is a Constitution we are expounding.John MarshallMcCulloch v. Maryland · 1819★ 3.8