 | United States. Supreme Court - 1824 - 990 pages
...vested in Congress, is th«*"conititu- complete 'n itself, may be exercised to its utmost tion itself. extent, and acknowledges no limitations, other than...constitution. These are expressed in plain terms, and de not affect the questions which arise in this case, or which have 1 824. been discussed at the bar.... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1830 - 326 pages
...It is the power to regulate, that is, to prescribe the rule by which commerce is to be governed. It is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost...limitations other than are prescribed in the constitution. It is vested in Congress, as absolutely as it would be in a single government, having in its constitution... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1830 - 660 pages
...which commerce is to be governed. Thig power, like all othersvestedinCongress,iscomplete initself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges...limitations other than are prescribed in the constitution." He continues: "If, as has always been understood, the sovereignty of Congress, though limited to specified... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1833 - 748 pages
...United States and foreign nations, and among the several States." Ib. 193. "Like all other powers, it is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and has no other limitations than such as are prescribed it by the constitution." — Ib. 195. " It is... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1833 - 752 pages
...States." 76.193. " Exceptions from a power mark its extent."—Ib. 191. " Like all other powers, it is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and has no other limitations than such as are prescribed it bv the constitution."—Ib. 195. " It is the... | |
 | Joseph Kinnicut Angell - 1847 - 492 pages
...States, as connected with the subject-matter there in controversy, Chief Justice Marshall said : " We are now arrived at the inquiry ; What is this power...Constitution. These are expressed in plain terms, and do not afTect the questions which arise in this case. 12* If, as has been always understood, the sovereignty... | |
 | Benjamin Robbins Curtis, United States. Supreme Court - 1864 - 772 pages
...vested in congress by the constitution, says, that, like all other powers vested in congress, " it is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost...extent, and acknowledges no limitations other than are comprised by the constitution." How far exclusiveness in its nature or in the modes of its exercise... | |
 | Lewis Cass - 1856 - 96 pages
...attention in the present inquiry. "This power," that to regulate commerce^ says the Chief Justice, " like all others vested in Congress, is complete in...acknowledges no limitations other than are prescribed by the Constitution. These are expressed in plain terms, and. do not affect the questions which arise... | |
 | Henry Flanders - 1858 - 572 pages
...then, whatever it may be, must be exercised within the territorial jurisdiction of the several States.' 'What is this power ? It is the power to regulate...limitations other than are prescribed in the Constitution/ 'It has been contended by the counsel for the appellant, that, as the word "to regulate" implies in... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1911 - 710 pages
...or, in certain cases, by Congress." In Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheat. 1, on page 196, the court said : "It is the power to regulate, — that is, to prescribe...limitations other than are prescribed in the constitution. * * * If, as has always been understood, the sovereignty of Congress, though limited to specified objects,... | |
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It is the power to regulate; that is, to prescribe the rule by which commerce is to be governed. This power, like all others vested in Congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations other than are... 
