The Constitution of the United States

1. Construction Construed and Constitutions Vindicated John Taylor of Caroline 5 authority 5 citations · 19 passages

   to the publick. · preface. 2 passages anchored here · ch. 10 2 passages anchored here · ch. 12 6 passages anchored here · ch. 13 3 passages anchored here · ch. 14 5 passages anchored here

   The federal constitution is repeatedly invoked throughout the passage as the ultimate legal authority against which federal acts and judicial decisions are measured.

   To avoid these extremes, we should never have lost sight of the true spirit of the federal constitution.

2. The Unconstitutionality of Slavery Lysander Spooner 1 authority 1 citation · 3 passages

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   The constitution's own language is treated throughout as the ultimate authority to be construed.

   We will now go further, and attempt to show, specifically from its provisions, that the constitution of the United States, not only does not recognize or sanction slavery, as a legal institution, but that, on the contrary, it presumes all men to be free;

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