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2 unusual facts about Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States


Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States

Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States is a three volume work written by Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Joseph Story and published in 1833.

Justice Story added an appendix to the second volume of the 1833 edition where he quotes President Andrew Jackson’s December 10, 1832 Proclamation which deals with South Carolina’s Nullification Laws.


Texas secession movements

However, Joseph Story wrote in 1830 in Commentaries on the Constitution that the document foreclosed the right of secession.


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General Welfare clause

There, the Court agreed with Associate Justice Joseph Story's construction in Story's 1833 Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States.

Moreover, the Supreme Court held the understanding of the General Welfare Clause contained in the Taxing and Spending Clause adheres to the construction given it by Associate Justice Joseph Story in his 1833 Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States.