 | United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch - 1812 - 486 стор.
...examinable. But where a specific duty is assigned by law, and individual rights depend upon the periormance of that duty, it seems equally clear that the individual...to resort to the laws of his country for a remedy. If this be the rule, let us inquire how it applies to the case under the consideration of the court.... | |
 | Nicholas Baylies - 1814 - 478 стор.
...assigned by law, and individual rights depend upon the performance of that duty, an injured individual has a right to resort to the laws of his country for a remedy. Ibid. 166. 73 The propriety, or impropriety of issuing a mandamus is to be determined, not by the office... | |
 | Nathan Dane - 1824 - 768 стор.
...assigned by law, and individual rights depend upon the performance of that duty, an injured individual has a right to resort to the laws of his country for a remedy: 10. That it is the essential criterion of appellate jurisdiction, that it revises and corrects the... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1834 - 740 стор.
...conduct, and cannot, at his discretion, sport away the rested rights of others. " The conclusion from (his reasoning is, that where the heads of departments...to resort to the laws of his country for a remedy." Although I am constrained to believe that the President has been mistaken in asserting that the duty... | |
 | Benjamin Lynde Oliver - 1832 - 428 стор.
...of that duty, if the President should refuse to perform it, any individual injured by the refusal, has a right to resort to the laws of his country for a remedy. See 1 Cranch, 155. The heads of departments for the same reason, where they act merely as the organs... | |
 | Horace Binney - 1834 - 172 стор.
...discretion, nothing can be more perfectly clear than that their acts are only politically examlnable. But where a specific duty is assigned by law, and...to resort to the laws of his country for a remedy." Although I am constrained to believe that the President has been mistaken in asserting that the duty... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1834 - 852 стор.
...individual rights depend upon the performance of that duty, it seems equally clear that Ihe individual wlio considers himself injured, has a right to resort to the laws of his country for a remedy." Although the President is mistaken in saying that the Constitution devolves upon the President the... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - 1836 - 680 стор.
...politically examinahle. But where a specific duty is assigned by law, arid individual rights depend on the performance of that duty, it seems equally clear...to resort to the laws of his country for a remedy. Ibid. 24. Where the head of a department acts in a case in which executive discretion is to be exercised,... | |
 | John Marshall - 1839 - 762 стор.
...to impose on that officer other duties ; when he is directed peremptorily to perform certain acts ; when the rights of individuals are dependent on the...to resort to the laws of his country for a remedy. If this be the rule, let us inquire how it applies to the case under the consideration of the court.... | |
 | Henry Clay - 1843 - 1144 стор.
...discretion, nothing can be more perfectly clear than that their acts are only politically exammable. But where a specific duty is assigned by law, and...is one clause of that instrument which he has very cor-- rectly quoted, and which makes it his duty to " see that the laws are faithfully executed," as... | |
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The conclusion from this reasoning is, that where the heads of departments are the political or confidential agents of the executive, merely to execute the will of the President, or rather to act in cases in which the executive possesses a constitutional... 
