...of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country by a scrupulous adherence to written law,...us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means . . ." without a specific grant of power to do so in the Constitution. This is the police power —...

...necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation." For to "lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to...us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means." Thus, Jefferson observed, when Washington besieged Yorktown, "he leveled the suburbs, feeling that...

...necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation." For to "lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to...those who are enjoying them with us; thus absurdly sacrif1cing the end to the means." Thus, Jefferson observed, when Washington besieged Yorktown, "he...

...of necessity, of self preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written law, would be to lose the law itself . . . thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means."*53 When John F. Kennedy threatened to use armed...

...seemed imminent after the US frigate Chesapeake was seized in 1807. In an 1810 letter he argued that "to lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to...us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means." Presidents have long pointed out that they are the only nationally chosen elected official and that...

...of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written...us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means ... on this superior ground he [a man like Wilkinson] does indeed risk himself on the justice of the...

...of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written...with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means.'2 This emphasis on communal danger and self-preservation might seem to delimit the situations...

...of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written...with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means.134 Jackson, who clearly had constitutional scruples himself about the reach of the general governments...

...necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of a higher obligation. ... To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written...with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means.1'1 Was Jefferson advocating the idea that necessity might be a higher law than the Constitution?...

...of necessity, of selfpreservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written...us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means. When, in the battle of Germantown, General Washington's army was annoyed from Chew's house, he did...