...Burr, it was intimated that the court might exceed its powers, Marshall replied, "That this court dares not usurp power is most true. That this court dares not shrink from its duty is not less true. No man is desirous of becoming the peculiar subject of calumny. No man, might he let the bitter cup...

...presided at the trial and who answered Luther Martin's taunt with the brave reply: "That this court dares not usurp power is most true. That this court dares not shrink from its duty is not less true." In Rhode Island, Samuel Ames, Chief Justice, decreeing that the state Legislature had no authority...