“An unconstitutional act is not a law; it confers no rights; it imposes no duties; it affords no protection; [cont.]

it creates no office; it is, in legal contemplation, as inoperative as though it had never been passed." Norton v Shelby County, Tennessee (1886) 118 U.S. Supreme Court 425, 6, 1121, 30 L, Ed. 178.

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