American Government and PoliticsMacmillan, 1910 - 772 pages |
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Page 63
... relating to slavery and civil rights . An observant scholar , Professor J. Allen Smith , has estimated that some twenty - two hundred amendments , including popular election of Senators , direct election of the President , and ...
... relating to slavery and civil rights . An observant scholar , Professor J. Allen Smith , has estimated that some twenty - two hundred amendments , including popular election of Senators , direct election of the President , and ...
Page 72
... relating to the duties of their respective offices . " To take another example , the Twelfth Amendment is scarcely more important than the statute of 1887 , which elaborates it in great detail by providing the modes of counting the ...
... relating to the duties of their respective offices . " To take another example , the Twelfth Amendment is scarcely more important than the statute of 1887 , which elaborates it in great detail by providing the modes of counting the ...
Page 83
... relating to suffrage which are applicable to the whole country are the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments to the federal Constitu- 1 " Eleven of the thirteen original states have abolished the tax and prop- erty tests , as follows ...
... relating to suffrage which are applicable to the whole country are the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments to the federal Constitu- 1 " Eleven of the thirteen original states have abolished the tax and prop- erty tests , as follows ...
Page 95
... relating to matters which were either neglected in the eighteenth century or intrusted to the discretion of the legislature , or which have arisen during the nineteenth century . Indeed our state constitutions mainly reflect the ...
... relating to matters which were either neglected in the eighteenth century or intrusted to the discretion of the legislature , or which have arisen during the nineteenth century . Indeed our state constitutions mainly reflect the ...
Page 143
... relating to primaries were enacted in Nebraska , Cali- fornia , Connecticut , Florida , Georgia , Illinois , Indiana , Massachusetts , Min- nesota , Missouri , Montana , New Hampshire , New York , North Dakota , Oregon , and Tennessee ...
... relating to primaries were enacted in Nebraska , Cali- fornia , Connecticut , Florida , Georgia , Illinois , Indiana , Massachusetts , Min- nesota , Missouri , Montana , New Hampshire , New York , North Dakota , Oregon , and Tennessee ...
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