Constitution - case cite precedes conclusion.

Marbury v. Madison, 5 US 137 (1803) states that The Constitution of these United States is the supreme law of the land. Any law that is repugnant to the Constitution of America is null and void.

      Murdock v. Penn., 319 US 105 (1943)

No State shall convert a liberty into a privilege, license it, and attach a fee to it.

     Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham, 373 US 262 (1963)

If the State converts a liberty into a privilege, the Citizen can engage in the right with impunity.

      Byars v. U.S., 273 US 28 (1927)

Unlawful search and seizure, your rights must be interpreted in favor of the Citizen.

      Norton v. Shelby County, 118 US 425 (1886)

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 passed.

      Miller v. U.S., 230 F. 2nd. 486, 489 (5th Cir. 1959) Id. at 489-490

The claim and exercise of a Constitutional right cannot be converted into a crime.

      Sherar v. Cullen, 481 F. 2d 946 (1973)

"There can be no sanction or penalty imposed upon one because of his exercise of Constitutional Rights."

      U.S. v. Bishop, 412 US 346

If you have relied on prior decisions of the supreme Court, you have the perfect defense for willfulness.

     Owen v. Independence, 100 S.C.T. 1398, 445 US 622

"Officers of the court have no immunity, when violating a Constitutional right, from liability.  For they are deemed to know the law."

      Boyd v. U.S., 116 U.S. 616

"The court is to protect against any encroachment of Constitutionally secured liberties."

      Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436

"Where rights secured by the Constitution are involved, there can be no rule making or legislation, which would abrogate them."

      Brady v. U.S., 397 U.S. 742, 748

"Waivers of Constitutional Rights, not only must they be voluntary, they must be knowingly intelligent acts done with sufficient awareness."

      Cooper v. Aaron, 358 U.S. 1, 78 S.Ct. 1401 (1958).

"No state legislator or executive or judicial officer can war against the Constitution without violating his undertaking to support it."

      Mattox v. U.S., 156 US 237, 243.

"We are bound to interpret the Constitution in the light of the law as it existed at the time it was adopted."

      S. Carolina v. U.S., 199 U.S. 437, 448 (1905).

"The Constitution is a written instrument.  As such, its meaning does not alter.  That which it meant when it was adopted, it means now."