 No man in this country is so high that he is above the law. No officer of the law may set that law at defiance with impunity. All the officers of the government, from the highest to the lowest, are creatures of the law, and are bound to obey it.  Albany Law Journal - Страница 171883Пуни преглед - О овој књизи
 | Cassius Marcellus Clay - 1848 - 550 страница
...jailors, hangmen, and grave-diggers are to be elected annually, biennially, or for a longer term of years. All the officers of the government, from the highest to the lowest, are to be chosen at the polls ; the country must be harassed from day to day, and from year to year, with... | |
 | William Swan Plumer - 1864 - 648 страница
...anointed, and owned by the people as their king. 2 Kings xi. 12, 14. 2. It is the duty of all men to treat all the officers of the government from the highest to the lowest with respect, and to give to each the honour that is his due, never using reviling or railing language... | |
 | William Swan Plumer - 1864 - 678 страница
...anointed, and owned by the people as their king. 2 Kings xi. 12, 14. 2. It is the duty of all men to treat all the officers of the government from the highest to the lowest with respect, and to give to each the honour that is his due, never using reviling or railing language... | |
 | 1883 - 552 страница
...Chief Justice Carter. KUbourn v. Tliompson, 103 U. S.168. No man in this country is so high that he is above the law. No officer of the law may set that law at defiance with impunity. AD the officers of the government, from the highest to the lowest, are creatures of the law aud are... | |
 | 1921 - 496 страница
...executive who is exempt from responsibility to the law." "No man in the country is so high that he is above the law. No officer of the law may set that law at defiance with impunity." (US v. Lee, 106 US, 196, 205. See 205 US 349, 353). Justice Valentine said in Martin v. Ingham, (38... | |
 | 1884 - 1902 страница
...included within the survey, it seems to me a case is disclosed for the interposition of the courts. All the officers of the government, from the highest to the lowest, are but agents with delegated powers, and if they act beyond the scope of those delegated powers their... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1883 - 676 страница
...by Chief Justice CABTER. Kilbourn v. Thompson, 103 US 168. No man in this country is so high that he is above the law. No officer of the law may set that...it. It is the only supreme power in our system of government, and every man who by accepting office participates in its functions is only the more strongly... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1883 - 780 страница
...parte Milligan, 4 Wall. 2 ; Kilbourn v. Thompson, 103 US 168. No man in this country is so high that he is above the law. No officer of the law may set that...it. It is the only supreme power in our system of government, and every man who by accepting office participates in its functions is only the more strongly... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1884 - 676 страница
...for the protection and enforcement of that right;" "that no man in this country is so high that he is above the law; no officer of the law may set that...are creatures of the law, and are bound to obey it." Upon examination of the doctrine that, except where congress has provided, the United States cannot... | |
 | 1884 - 1434 страница
...for the protection and enforcement of that right;" "that no man in this country is so high that he is above the law; no officer of the law may set that...creatures of the law, and are bound to obey -it." Upon examination of the doctrine that, except where congress has provided, the United States cannot... | |
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