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Quotation from Hepburn v. Griswold by Supreme Court of the United States
“The time was not favorable to considerate reflection upon the constitutional limits of legislative or executive authority.”
Hepburn v. Griswold, Opinion of the Court (Chief Justice Chase) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Chase describes the wartime climate in which the Legal Tender Act was passed, including his own part in it.
Citation: "The time was not favorable to considerate reflection upon the constitutional limits of legislative or executive authority." — Supreme Court of the United States, Hepburn v. Griswold, Opinion of the Court (Chief Justice Chase) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id hepburn-v-griswold-q4)
Portrait: Mathew Brady, Portrait of Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase, officer of the United States government (1860–1865, full version) (1), Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain.
