...pointing out that the Constitution is a law for rulers and ruled in war as well as in peace, and that " no doctrine, involving more pernicious consequences,...during any of the great exigencies of government" With war comes the necessity for the exercise of certain powers latent in the government, but in no...

...pointing out that the Constitution is a law for rulers and ruled in war as well as in peace, and that " no doctrine, involving more pernicious consequences,...man than that any of its provisions can be suspended diiring any of the great exigencies of government." With war comes the necessity for the exercise of...

...Spaniards of Arragon, who, when they elect a king, introduce «» "The constitution," says Justice Davis, "is a law for rulers and people equally in war and in peace, aud covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men at all tlnies and under all circumstances."...

...try and punish this man ? . . . 1 Supreme Court of the United States, 1867. 4 Wallace, 2. . . . The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers...during any of the great exigencies of government. Such a doctrine leads directly to anarchy or despotism, but the theory of necessity on which it is...

...never be changed except as described in the fifth articleproviding for amendments, as the Constitution "is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and...with the shield of its protection all classes of men and under all circumstances." Etc parte Milligcm, 4 Wall. 120, 18 L. ed. 295. Delegated power ought...

...uttered by the Supreme Court of the United States shortly prior to the adoption of our Constitution: "The Constitution of the United States Is a law for rulers and people, equally In war and in peace, and coves of men, at all times, and under all circumstances. No doctrine, involving more pernicious consequences,...

...innocence of the person imprisoned. This was the doctrine the Supreme Court had in mind when it declared : "No doctrine involving more pernicious consequences was ever invented by the wit of man." A Union congress declined to invest the beloved Lincoln with such enormous power, and, although it...

...martial law when and where the courts were open. Referring to the constitution in general, he wrote: ‘No doctrine, involving more pernicious consequences,...during any of the great exigencies of government.' As for court-martial trials, ‘Congress could grant no such power; and to the honor of our national...

...protections of the Constitution. 1n much-quoted language from Ex Pane Milligan (1 866) the Court slated: 'The Constitution of the United States is a Law for rulers...men, at all times, and under all circumstances.""' As late as 1934 the Court reiterated that "even the war power does not remove constitutional limitations...

...suspended in times of crisis and that all other rights in the Constitution would remain inviolable. "The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers...of men, at all times, and under all circumstances," the opinion stated. "No doctrine, involving more pernicious consequences, was ever invented by the...