Saturday, July 04, 2009

Quote of the Day (3)

The question whether an act repugnant to the Constitution can become the law of the land is a question deeply interesting...

— Chief Justice John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison (1803)
You owe it to yourself, once a year or so, to read Marshall's opinion in Marbury v. Madison, not the whole thing, but just the last five pages, beginning at the words quoted above.