There is no position which depends on clearer principles than that every act of a delegated authority, contrary to the commission under which it is exercised, is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the Constitution, can be valid.


The Federalist: On the New Constitution (ed. 1810)

Alexander Hamilton Quotes

There is no position which depends on clearer principles than that every act of a delegated authority, contrary to the commission under which it is...

There is no position which depends on clearer principles than that every act of a delegated authority, contrary to the commission under which it is...

There is no position which depends on clearer principles than that every act of a delegated authority, contrary to the commission under which it is...

There is no position which depends on clearer principles than that every act of a delegated authority, contrary to the commission under which it is...