...the Constitution assumed that judicial review would be an essential feature of the new organic order. "If they were to make a law not warranted by any of the powers enumerated," declared John Marshall in the Virginia ratifying convention, "it would be considered by the judges...

...tool of an oppressive government. Congress's powers were delegated by the Constitution, said Marshall. "If they were to make a law not warranted by any of the powers enumerated, it would be considered by the Judges as an infringement of the Constitution which they are to guard. They would not consider...

...and urgent case."7 At the Virginia Ratifying Convention in 1788, John Marshall stated: "If Congress were to make a law not warranted by any of the powers enumerated, it would be considered by the judges as an infringement of the Constitution which they are to guard. . . . They would declare...

...Constitutional Convention of 1788, Marshall approved the Judiciary Article and declared: If they [Congress], were to make a law not warranted by any of the powers enumerated, it would be considered by the [National] judges as an infringement of the Constitution which they are to guard. They would...

...enact general legislation throughout the country, Marshall declared: "Can [Congress] go beyond the delegated powers? If they were to make a law not warranted...any of the powers enumerated, it would be considered by the Judges as an infringement of the Constitution which they are to guard: — They would not consider...

...exercise of this power by the courts. Marshall in Virginia stated that " if they (the legislature) were to make a law not warranted by any of the powers enumerated, it would be considered by the judges as an infringement of the Constitution which they are to guard. They would not consider...

...government—was that judicial review could work to limit the power of Congress. "If they [Congress] were to make a law not warranted by any of the powers enumerated," he declared in language that echoed Hamilton's Federalist 78, "it would be considered by the Judges...

...to judicial supremacy is commonly attributed. Here is what he said on that occasion: If [Congress] cases, an interested minority might take advantage of it to screen themselves from equi by the Judges as an infringement of the Constitution: — They would not consider such a law as coming...

...make laws on every subject." Not so, retorted Marshall, for federal lawmakers cannot go beyond their delegated powers. "If they were to make a law not warranted by any of the powers enumerated," Marshall continued, "it would be considered by the Judges as an infringement of the Constitution which...

...Ellsworth as Chief Justice, was somewhat more circumspect when he contended that if the federal government "were to make a law not warranted by any of the powers enumerated, it would be considered by the judges as an infringement of the Constitution which they are to guard. They would not consider...