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.

State inspection laws, health laws, and laws for regulating the internal commerce of a State, and those which respect turnpike roads, ferries, &c. are not within the power granted to Congress. ... Inspection laws, quarantine laws, health laws of every description, as well as laws for regulating the internal commerce of a State, and those which respect turnpike roads, ferries, &c., are component parts of this mass. No direct general power over these objects is granted to Congress, and, consequently, they remain subject to State legislation.

A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law.

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

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.

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.

The particular phraseology of the Constitution of the United States confirms and strengthens the principle, supposed to be essential to all written constitutions, that a law repugnant to the Constitution is void; and that courts, as well as other departments, are bound by that instrument.