Bennett v. Wheatley

(After stating the foregoing facts.)

Courts should be slow to declare legislative acts unconstitutional. In cases of doubt, the doubt should be resolved in favor of the constitutional validity of legislation. If a construction can be placed upon a statute which will save it from being declared unconstitutional, it is the duty of the courts to adopt such construction and thus save the act from collision with the organic law. If sections, provisions, sentences, or phrases can be stricken therefrom without destroying the general legislative scheme, courts should strike them and leave the…