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"Tucker's Rule": St. George Tucker And The Limited Construction Of Federal Power, Kurt T. Lash
"Tucker's Rule": St. George Tucker And The Limited Construction Of Federal Power, Kurt T. Lash
William & Mary Law Review
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St. George Tucker And The Limits Of States' Rights Constitutionalism: Understanding The Federal Compact In The Early Republic, David Thomas Konig
St. George Tucker And The Limits Of States' Rights Constitutionalism: Understanding The Federal Compact In The Early Republic, David Thomas Konig
William & Mary Law Review
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Transforming Society Through Law: St. George Tucker, Women's Property Rights And An Active Republican Judiciary, Mark Douglas Mcgarvie
Transforming Society Through Law: St. George Tucker, Women's Property Rights And An Active Republican Judiciary, Mark Douglas Mcgarvie
William & Mary Law Review
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St. George Tucker And The Legacy Of Slavery, Michael Kent Curtis
St. George Tucker And The Legacy Of Slavery, Michael Kent Curtis
William & Mary Law Review
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The Dragon St. George Could Not Slay: Tucker's Plan To End Slavery, Paul Finkelman
The Dragon St. George Could Not Slay: Tucker's Plan To End Slavery, Paul Finkelman
William & Mary Law Review
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Tucker’S Rule: St. George Tucker And The Limited Construction Of Federal Power, Kurt T. Lash
Tucker’S Rule: St. George Tucker And The Limited Construction Of Federal Power, Kurt T. Lash
Law Faculty Publications
When Joseph Story published his Commentaries on the Constitution in 1833, he dedicated the work "To the Honorable John Marshall," whose "expositions of constitutional law enjoy a rare and extraordinary authority. They constitute a monument of fame far beyond the ordinary memorials of political and military glory." Throughout the Commentaries, Story generously quoted Chief Justice Marshall's great nationalist opinions in McCulloch v. Maryland, Gibbons v. Ogden, and Cohens v. Virginia and used them to construct a thoroughly nationalist reading of the federal Constitution. Along the way, Story seemingly dismantled prior states' rights interpretations of federal power, particularly St. George Tucker's …