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Courts Are The Mere Instruments Of The Law, And Can Will Nothing. When They Are Said To Exercise A Discretion, It Is A Mere Legal Discretion, A Discretion To Be Exercised In Discerning The Course Prescribed By Law; And, When That Is Discerned, It Is The Duty Of The Court To Follow It. Judicial Power Is Never Exericised For The Purpose Of Giving Effect To The Will Of The Judge; Always For The Purpose Of Giving Effect To The Will Of The Legislature; Or, In Other Words, To The Will Of The Law.

It Is Emphatically The Province And Duty Of The Judicial Department To Say What The Law Is.

No Principle Of General Law Is More Universally Acknowledged, Than The Perfect Equality Of Nations. Russia And Geneva Have Equal Rights. It Results From This Equality, That No One Can Rightfully Impose A Rule On Another....as No Nation Can Prescribe A Rule For Others, None Can Make A Law Of Nations.

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.

The Government Of The Union, Then, ... Is, Emphatically, And Truly, A Government Of The People. In Form And In Substance It Emanates From Them. Its Powers Are Granted By Them, And Are To Be Exercised Directly On Them, And For Their Benefit.