The Constitutional Law of the United States, Volume 1Baker, Voorhis, 1910 The work as a whole is based upon lectures delivered during recent years to the graduate students in political science at the Johns Hopkins University. |
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... important case has been left unnoticed . Such merit as the present work may possess must , then , con- sist in its systematic arrangement , and in the fact that , with reference to the constitutional principles which are discussed , it ...
... important case has been left unnoticed . Such merit as the present work may possess must , then , con- sist in its systematic arrangement , and in the fact that , with reference to the constitutional principles which are discussed , it ...
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... importance .. 288. Purpose of the Commerce Clause .... 289. Commerce defined : transportation essential . 290. The instrumentalities of commerce . 291. Commerce embraces water navigation .. 292. The transportation of persons is commerce ...
... importance .. 288. Purpose of the Commerce Clause .... 289. Commerce defined : transportation essential . 290. The instrumentalities of commerce . 291. Commerce embraces water navigation .. 292. The transportation of persons is commerce ...
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... importance that the argument of Marshall will be given in extenso . " The question whether an act , repugnant to the Constitution , can become the law of the land , " says the great Chief Justic is a question deeply interesting to the ...
... importance that the argument of Marshall will be given in extenso . " The question whether an act , repugnant to the Constitution , can become the law of the land , " says the great Chief Justic is a question deeply interesting to the ...
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... important point , for did the decision of the court operate as a veto the effect would be simply to hold that the law should cease to be valid from and after the time such decision was rendered , whereas , in fact , the effect is to ...
... important point , for did the decision of the court operate as a veto the effect would be simply to hold that the law should cease to be valid from and after the time such decision was rendered , whereas , in fact , the effect is to ...
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... importance , they reduce to definite written form , and declare they shall not be changed except in a particular man- ner . In addition to this they go on to say , in substance , that so decided is their will , and so maturely formed ...
... importance , they reduce to definite written form , and declare they shall not be changed except in a particular man- ner . In addition to this they go on to say , in substance , that so decided is their will , and so maturely formed ...
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Page lxxxiv - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President ; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Page 87 - I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Page 87 - It follows from these views that no State upon its own mere motion can lawfully get out of the Union ; that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void; and that acts of violence, within any State or States, against the authority of the United States, are insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances.
Page 554 - Though the law itself be fair on its face and impartial in appearance, yet, if it is applied and administered by public authority with an evil eye and an unequal hand, so as practically to make unjust and illegal discriminations between persons in similar circumstances, material to their rights, the denial of equal justice is still within the prohibition of the Constitution.
Page 109 - ... that the taxation shall not be at a greater rate than is assessed upon other moneyed capital in the hands of individual citizens of such state...
Page 551 - If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any citizen in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Page 3 - Certainly all those who have framed written Constitutions contemplate them as forming the fundamental and paramount law of the nation, and consequently the theory of every such government must be that an act of the Legislature repugnant to the Constitution is void...