It is emphatically the province and duty of the Judicial Department to say what the law is.

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.

What are the maxims of Democracy? A strict observance of justice and public faith, and a steady adherence to virtue.

The most lively fancy aided by the strongest description cannot equal the reality of the opera.

A legislative act contrary to the Constitution is not law.

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.

It is emphatically the province and duty of the Judicial Department to say what the law is.