State Highway Dept. of Ga. v. Bass

This case presents a num ber of constitutional questions. It involves the constitutional limitations upon legislative enactments as well as the constitutional duty laid upon the judiciary when legislative acts violate the constitution. No greater duty rests upon the three co-ordinate branches of the State government than that of scrupulously observing the letter and spirit of the constitution. Upon that docu-, ment is erected our entire governmental structure. In it all individual rights must find anchorage. The constitutional inhibitions addressed to the legislative branch of the government,…