Chaffraix v. Shiff

recognizing that judicially modifying a statute improperly substitutes “the judicial for the legislative department of the government” | "To limit this statute in the manner now asked for would be to make a new law, not to enforce an old one. This is no part of our duty." | “To limit this statute in the manner now asked for would be to make a new law, not to enforce an old one. This is no part of our duty.” | “Every man should be able to know with certainty when he is committing a crime.” | “Every man should be able to know with certainty when he is committing a crime.” | “Every man should be able to know with certainty when he is committing a crime.” | “To limit this statute in the manner now asked for would be [to] make a new law, not to enforce an old one. This is no part of [the Court’s] duty.” | “It would certainly be dangerous if the legislature could set a net large enough to catch all possible offenders, and leave it to the courts to step inside and say who could be rightfully detained, and who should be set at large.” | "It would certainly be dangerous if the legislature could set a net large enough to catch all possible offenders, and leave it to the courts to step inside and say who could be rightfully detained, and who should be set at large.” | “It would certainly be dangerous if the legislature could set a net large enough to catch all possible offenders, and leave it to the courts to step inside and say who could be rightfully detained, and who should be set at large.” | “It would certainly be dangerous if the legislature could set a net large enough to catch all possible offenders, and leave it to the courts to step inside and say who could be rightfully detained, and who should be set at large.” | court cannot “introduce words” into statute | court cannot “introduce words” into statute | court cannot “introduce words” into statute