The Executive Power in the United States: A Study of Constitutional LawInquirer printing and publishing Company, 1874 - 270 pages |
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... Senator Charles Sumner , Mr. Caleb Cushing and Senator Schurz as those to whom I am the most indebted . The literary world of Europe will soon be in possession of the complete works of Mr. Sumner . It will then be able to appreciate the ...
... Senator Charles Sumner , Mr. Caleb Cushing and Senator Schurz as those to whom I am the most indebted . The literary world of Europe will soon be in possession of the complete works of Mr. Sumner . It will then be able to appreciate the ...
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... .... . ............... ... CHAPTER VII . THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION .... 116 125 149 CHAPTER VIII . THE SENATE AS AN EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ....... ................... 195 PAGE . CHAPTER IX . RELATIONS OF THE PRESIDENT TO ( ix )
... .... . ............... ... CHAPTER VII . THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION .... 116 125 149 CHAPTER VIII . THE SENATE AS AN EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ....... ................... 195 PAGE . CHAPTER IX . RELATIONS OF THE PRESIDENT TO ( ix )
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... James Madison , one of its members , drew up a summary of these debates , which has been published under the title of " The Madison Papers . " have , with the advice and approbation of the Senate ( xi ) INTRODUCTION 11.
... James Madison , one of its members , drew up a summary of these debates , which has been published under the title of " The Madison Papers . " have , with the advice and approbation of the Senate ( xi ) INTRODUCTION 11.
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... Senate ; to have the power of pardon- ing all offenses , except treason , which he could not pardon without the approbation of the Senate . " On the death , resignation or removal of the Governor , his authorities shall be exercised by ...
... Senate ; to have the power of pardon- ing all offenses , except treason , which he could not pardon without the approbation of the Senate . " On the death , resignation or removal of the Governor , his authorities shall be exercised by ...
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... Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled .......... that the electors shall meet in their ... Senate at the seat of government , and the person having the greatest number of votes shall be the President , if ...
... Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled .......... that the electors shall meet in their ... Senate at the seat of government , and the person having the greatest number of votes shall be the President , if ...
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Page 162 - In the execution of such a plan nothing is more essential than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular nations and passionate attachments for others should be excluded ; and that in place of them just and amicable feelings towards all should be cultivated. The Nation, which indulges towards another an habitual hatred or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave.
Page 163 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me, fellow citizens,) the jealousy of a free people ought to be CONSTANTLY awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.
Page 138 - Government. The Congress, the Executive, and the court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others.
Page 125 - The very essence of civil liberty certainly consists in the right of every individual to claim the protection of the laws, whenever he receives an injury.
Page 163 - ... interest in cases where no real common interest exists and infusing into one the enmities of the other, betrays the former into a participation in the quarrels and wars of the latter without adequate inducement or justification.
Page 126 - By the constitution of the United States the president is invested with certain important political powers, in the exercise of which he is to use his own discretion, and is accountable only to his country in his political character, and to his own conscience.
Page 126 - ... States, the President is invested with certain important political powers, in the exercise of which he is to use his own discretion, and is accountable only to his country in his political character, and to his own conscience. To aid him in the performance of these duties, he is authorized to appoint certain officers, who act by his authority, and in conformity with his orders. " In such cases their acts .are his acts ; and whatever opinion may be entertained of the manner in which Executive...
Page 142 - At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the Government upon vital questions affecting the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their Government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Page 239 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free...
Page 164 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice?