"The United States does not derive any of its substantive powers from the Preamble of the Constitution. It cannot exert any power to secure the declared objects of the Constitution unless, apart from the Preamble, such power be found in, or can properly be implied from, some express delegation in the instrument"
Interesting that Justice Chase made this illegal ruling against secession when only a few years earlier he stated that no Confederate could be tried for treason, because by the Constitution, secession is not illegal. Typical Yankee talking out of both sides of his mouth.
"The United States does not derive any of its substantive powers from the Preamble of the Constitution. It cannot exert any power to secure the declared objects of the Constitution unless, apart from the Preamble, such power be found in, or can properly be implied from, some express delegation in the instrument"
-Jacobson v Massachusetts (1905)
Effectively overruling Texas v White
Interesting that Justice Chase made this illegal ruling against secession when only a few years earlier he stated that no Confederate could be tried for treason, because by the Constitution, secession is not illegal. Typical Yankee talking out of both sides of his mouth.
TEXIT!
Onward, Christian soldiers!