Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “The power of the state to impose restraints and burdens upon persons and property in conservation and promotion of the public health, good order, and prosperity is a power originally and always belonging to the states, not surrendered to them by the general government, nor directly restrained by the constitution of the United States, and essentially exclusive.” ~ Justice Melville Fuller (1833-1910) Chief Justice of the United States (1888-1910)Source: Wilkerson V. Rahrer, 140 U.S. 545 (1891)