“The Emancipation Proclamation is predicated upon the idea that the President may so annul the constitutions and laws of sovereign states, overthrow their domestic relations, deprive loyal men of their property, and disloyal as well, without trial or condemnation.” MenWellsMayIdeasStatesLawPresidentConstitutionRelationPropertyTrialsLoyalSovereignEmancipationCondemnationProclamationDisloyalEmancipation Proclamation Author:Melville Fuller
“The framers of the constitution employed words in their natural sense; and, where they are plain and clear, resort to collateral aids to interpretation is unnecessary, and cannot be indulged in to narrow or enlarge the text; but where there is ambiguity or doubt, or where two views may well be entertained, contemporaneous and subsequent practical construction is entitled to the greatest weight.” WellsMayTwoLawNaturalViewsClearDoubtWeightConstitutionAidsPracticalsInterpretationConstructionUnnecessaryEntitledEmployedResortsAmbiguityFramersCollateral Author:Melville Fuller
