A legislative act contrary to the Constitution is not law.

What is it that makes us trust our judges? Their independence in office and manner of appointment.

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.

The people made the Constitution, and the people can unmake it. It is the creature of their own will, and lives only by their will.

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

A legislative act contrary to the Constitution is not law.

The French Revolution will be found to have had great influence on the strength of parties, and on the subsequent political transactions of the United States.