The Constitution deals with substance, not shadows.

- Stephen Johnson Field

When the judges shall be obliged to go armed, it will be time for the courts to be closed.

- Stephen Johnson Field

The present assault upon capital is but the beginning. It will be but the stepping-stone to others, larger and more sweeping, till our political cont…

- Stephen Johnson Field

Here I close my opinion. I could not say less in view of questions of such gravity that go down to the very foundations of the government. If the pro…

- Stephen Johnson Field

Questions of such gravity go down to the very foundations of the government. If the provisions of the Constitution can be set aside by an act of Cong…

- Stephen Johnson Field