If it be said that the legislative body are themselves the constitutional judges of their own powers, and that the construction they put upon them is conclusive upon the other departments, it may be answered, that this cannot be the natural presumption, where it is not be collected from any particular provisions in the Constitution.


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

Alexander Hamilton Quotes

If it be said that the legislative body are themselves the constitutional judges of their own powers, and that the construction they put upon them is ...

If it be said that the legislative body are themselves the constitutional judges of their own powers, and that the construction they put upon them is ...

If it be said that the legislative body are themselves the constitutional judges of their own powers, and that the construction they put upon them is ...

If it be said that the legislative body are themselves the constitutional judges of their own powers, and that the construction they put upon them is ...