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Quotation from Legal Tender Cases by Supreme Court of the United States
“The Constitution was intended to frame a government as distinguished from a league or compact, a government supreme in some particulars over States and people.”
Legal Tender Cases, Opinion of the Court (Justice Strong) (U.S. Reports text (Legal Information Institute))
Strong contrasts the Constitution with the Articles of Confederation in explaining why the bar on paper tender binds only the states.
Citation: "The Constitution was intended to frame a government as distinguished from a league or compact, a government supreme in some particulars over States and people." — Supreme Court of the United States, Legal Tender Cases, Opinion of the Court (Justice Strong) (U.S. Reports text (Legal Information Institute)). (id legal-tender-cases-q2)
Portrait: William Strong judge - Brady-Handy, Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain.
