“WHERE RIGHTS SECURED BY THE CONSTITUTION ARE INVOLVED, THERE CAN BE NO RULE-MAKING OR LEGISLATION WHICH WOULD ABROGATE THEM.” –MIRANDA V. ARIZONA, 384 U.S. 436 (1966); “AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACT IS NOT LAW. IT CONFERS NO RIGHTS; IT IMPOSES NO DUTIES; AFFORDS NO PROTECTION; IT CREATES NO OFFICE. IT IS, IN LEGAL CONTEMPLATION, AS INOPERATIVE AS THOUGH IT HAD NEVER BEEN PASSED.” – NORTON V. SHELBY COUNTY, 118 U.S. 425 (1886); “AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL LAW IS VOID AND IS AS NO LAW. AN OFFENSE CREATED BY IT IS NOT A CRIME. A CONVICTION UNDER IT IS NOT MERELY ERRONEOUS BUT IS ILLEGAL AND VOID AND CANNOT BE USED AS A LEGAL CAUSE OF IMPRISONMENT.” – EX PARTE SIEBOLD, 100 U.S. 371 (1879); “A LAW REPUGNANT TO THE CONSTITUTION IS VOID. AN ACT OF CONGRESS REPUGNANT TO THE CONSTITUTION CANNOT BECOME A LAW. THE CONSTITUTION SUPERSEDES ALL OTHER LAWS AND THE INDIVIDUAL’S RIGHTS SHALL BE LIBERALLY ENFORCED IN FAVOR OF HIM, THE CLEARLY INTENDED AND EXPRESSLY DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY.” –MARBURY V. MADISON, 5 U.S. 137 (1803)
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