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Melville Fuller

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Also known as Melville Weston Fuller, Melville W. Fuller

chief justice of the United States from 1888 to 1910

Person · Open Library

Born
1892
Works
1

Top works

  • An investigation of the effectiveness of ignition sparks

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Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1932-12-15
Active to
2021-05-08

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Quotes

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Nothing can be clearer than that what the Constitution intended to guard against was the exercise by the general government of the power of directly taxing persons and property within any State through a majority made up from the other States.
  • The power of the state to impose restraints and burdens upon persons and property in conservation and promotion of the public health, good order, and prosperity is a power originally and always belonging to the states, not surrendered to them by the general government, nor directly restrained by the constitution of the United States, and essentially exclusive.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Fuller
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Augusta
Place of death
Sorrento
Occupation
politician
Languages spoken
English language
Image
Melville Weston Fuller Chief Justice 1908.jpg
Number of children
6
Work location
Springfield
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Commons category
Melville W. Fuller
date of birth
1833-02-11
date of death
1910-07-04
place of burial
Graceland Cemetery
Commons gallery
Melville W. Fuller
name in native language
Melville Fuller
cause of death
myocardial infarction
manner of death
natural causes
writing language
English language
Sources (5)

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