...ion under the Constitution every word is to be construed in favor of liberty. This rule, which commends itself to the natural reason, is sustained by time-honored maxims of our early jurisprudence. Blackstone aptly expresses it, when he says, that The law is always ready to catch at anything in favor of liberty. The rule is repeated in various forms. Favores ampliandi sunt; odia restringenda. Favors ...