American Government and PoliticsMacmillan, 1910 - 772 pages |
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... court of quarter sessions was followed ; and this court , in addi- tion to exercising criminal jurisdiction , supervised roads , bridges , inns , and other county affairs which are now usually placed under the direction of county ...
... court of quarter sessions was followed ; and this court , in addi- tion to exercising criminal jurisdiction , supervised roads , bridges , inns , and other county affairs which are now usually placed under the direction of county ...
Page 28
... court of appeal in cases of disputes between states , or provide for the creation of a special committee to try such ... courts being open to punish criminal offenders ; whereby the lives and property of the honest people of this colony ...
... court of appeal in cases of disputes between states , or provide for the creation of a special committee to try such ... courts being open to punish criminal offenders ; whereby the lives and property of the honest people of this colony ...
Page 55
... court should have the power of declaring laws unconstitutional . Accordingly a Supreme Court , and inferior courts to be erected by Congress , were given jurisdiction over all cases arising under the Constitu- tion , federal laws , and ...
... court should have the power of declaring laws unconstitutional . Accordingly a Supreme Court , and inferior courts to be erected by Congress , were given jurisdiction over all cases arising under the Constitu- tion , federal laws , and ...
Page 65
... Court could not try an action by a citizen against a " sovereign state . " The Court , however , held that it possessed such jurisdiction , directed the service of papers on the governor and attorney - general of Georgia , and ordered ...
... Court could not try an action by a citizen against a " sovereign state . " The Court , however , held that it possessed such jurisdiction , directed the service of papers on the governor and attorney - general of Georgia , and ordered ...
Page 75
... courts do not make law , it nevertheless remains a fact that the Supreme Court of the United States has on several occasions expanded the written instrument under the guise of an interpretation . Indisputable evidence of this fact is ...
... courts do not make law , it nevertheless remains a fact that the Supreme Court of the United States has on several occasions expanded the written instrument under the guise of an interpretation . Indisputable evidence of this fact is ...
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