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"An unconstitutional act is not law; it confers no rights; it imposes no duties; affords no protection; it creates no office; it is in legal contemplation, as inoperative as though it had never been passed." – J. Chase, writing the opinion in Norton vs. Shelby County, 118 U.S. 425, p. 442.
"It is the very error of the moon: She comes more nearer earth than she was wont, And makes men mad." "Othello" (c. 1603), Act V, scene 2, line 109.
"Therefore the moon, the governess of floods, Pale in her anger, washes all the air, That rheumatic diseases do abound: And through this distemperature we see The seasons alter." "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (c. 1595-96), Act II, scene 1, line 103.
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