American Government and PoliticsMacmillan, 1910 - 772 pages |
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... departments are concerned . It is , therefore , from Amer- ican history alone that one can learn , for instance , why there are two Senators from each state , why the system of checks and balances , so characteristic of American ...
... departments are concerned . It is , therefore , from Amer- ican history alone that one can learn , for instance , why there are two Senators from each state , why the system of checks and balances , so characteristic of American ...
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... departments , justices of the Supreme Court , were in that imposing body . They were equal to the great task of constructing a national system strong enough to defend the country on land and sea , pay every dollar of the lawful debt ...
... departments , justices of the Supreme Court , were in that imposing body . They were equal to the great task of constructing a national system strong enough to defend the country on land and sea , pay every dollar of the lawful debt ...
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... departments , and that the President " may require the opinion , in writing , of the principal officer in each of the executive departments , upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices . " To take another ...
... departments , and that the President " may require the opinion , in writing , of the principal officer in each of the executive departments , upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices . " To take another ...
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... departments and the people in the performance of their duties as citizens , recognize and respect as such ; and nothing else is . . . . Cervantes says : ' Every one is the son of his own works . ' This is more emphatically true of an ...
... departments and the people in the performance of their duties as citizens , recognize and respect as such ; and nothing else is . . . . Cervantes says : ' Every one is the son of his own works . ' This is more emphatically true of an ...
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... departments , is selected from the party which has a majority in the House of Commons . The makers of the law and those charged with its execution are one . In the United States , however , this coördination of the legisla- ture and the ...
... departments , is selected from the party which has a majority in the House of Commons . The makers of the law and those charged with its execution are one . In the United States , however , this coördination of the legisla- ture and the ...
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