History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the United States, with Notices of Its Principal Framers, Volume 2Harper, 1863 |
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... judges , might be added to the executive as a council of revision . Among these persons were Mr. Madison and Mr. Wilson . The former expressed a very decided opin- ion , that , whether the object of a revisionary power was to restrain ...
... judges , might be added to the executive as a council of revision . Among these persons were Mr. Madison and Mr. Wilson . The former expressed a very decided opin- ion , that , whether the object of a revisionary power was to restrain ...
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... judges of the supreme tribunal should hold their offices during good behavior . ' This tenure of office was taken from the English statutes , and from the constitutions of some of the States which had already adopted it . The commis ...
... judges of the supreme tribunal should hold their offices during good behavior . ' This tenure of office was taken from the English statutes , and from the constitutions of some of the States which had already adopted it . The commis ...
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... judges expired on the death of the king ; and for the pur- pose of preventing this , and in order to make the judges more effectually independent , a new statute , passed in the first year of the reign of George III . , declared that ...
... judges expired on the death of the king ; and for the pur- pose of preventing this , and in order to make the judges more effectually independent , a new statute , passed in the first year of the reign of George III . , declared that ...
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... judges was by general consent , at this stage of the proceedings , vested in the Senate . 1 This was afterwards stricken out . NOTE ON THE JUDICIAL TENURE . THE English historians and juridical writers have not given a very satisfactory ...
... judges was by general consent , at this stage of the proceedings , vested in the Senate . 1 This was afterwards stricken out . NOTE ON THE JUDICIAL TENURE . THE English historians and juridical writers have not given a very satisfactory ...
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... judge may have discharged all his official duties with propriety and ability , and may yet be person- ally obnoxious , as , for example , on account of gross immorality . But the answer to this objection is , that the question , whether ...
... judge may have discharged all his official duties with propriety and ability , and may yet be person- ally obnoxious , as , for example , on account of gross immorality . But the answer to this objection is , that the question , whether ...
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