American Government and PoliticsMacmillan, 1910 - 772 pages |
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... legislature , the royal governor also enjoyed extensive powers . In all of the eight colonies men- tioned above , except Massachusetts , he nominated the council which composed the upper house of the legislature . He sum- moned ...
... legislature , the royal governor also enjoyed extensive powers . In all of the eight colonies men- tioned above , except Massachusetts , he nominated the council which composed the upper house of the legislature . He sum- moned ...
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... legislature in Maryland suc- ceeded , toward the Revolution , in securing a tolerably effective control over the governor in the exercise of these large powers . Colonial Legislatures In all of the colonies , except Pennsylvania , there ...
... legislature in Maryland suc- ceeded , toward the Revolution , in securing a tolerably effective control over the governor in the exercise of these large powers . Colonial Legislatures In all of the colonies , except Pennsylvania , there ...
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... legislature a resolution in favor of calling a congress of delegates from al the colonies to meet at Phila- delphia ... legislatures ; in South Carolina by a “ general meet- ing of the inhabitants of the colony , " and in North Carolina ...
... legislature a resolution in favor of calling a congress of delegates from al the colonies to meet at Phila- delphia ... legislatures ; in South Carolina by a “ general meet- ing of the inhabitants of the colony , " and in North Carolina ...
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... legislature the advis- ability of calling a national assembly to settle upon and define the powers of Congress ; and the legislature resolved that the government under the Articles of Confederation was inefficient and should be reformed ...
... legislature the advis- ability of calling a national assembly to settle upon and define the powers of Congress ; and the legislature resolved that the government under the Articles of Confederation was inefficient and should be reformed ...
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Charles Austin Beard. - - two years ) by another process by the state legislatures ; the members of the House of ... legislature , when Washington replied , " You yourself have proved the excellence of two houses this very moment ...
Charles Austin Beard. - - two years ) by another process by the state legislatures ; the members of the House of ... legislature , when Washington replied , " You yourself have proved the excellence of two houses this very moment ...
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Page 706 - A landed interest, a manufacturing interest, a mercantile interest, a moneyed interest, with many lesser interests, grow up of necessity in civilized nations, and divide them into different classes actuated by different sentiments and views.
Page 327 - International law is part of our law, and must be ascertained and administered by the courts of justice of appropriate jurisdiction, as often as questions of right depending upon it are duly presented for their determination.
Page 296 - ... the constitution ought to be preferred to the statute, the intention of the people to the intention of their agents. Nor does this conclusion by any means suppose a superiority of the judicial to the legislative power. It only supposes that the power of the people is superior to both; and that where the will of the legislature declared in its statutes, stands in opposition to that of the people declared...
Page 301 - ... 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 made 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 149 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Page 48 - The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to a uniformity, of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.
Page 300 - I do not forget the position assumed by some, that constitutional questions are to be decided by the Supreme Court; nor do I deny that such decisions must be binding, in any case, upon the parties to a suit, as to the object of that suit, while they are also entitled to very high respect and consideration in all parallel cases by all other departments of the government.
Page 61 - Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled (two-thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as an amendment to the constitution of the United States...
Page 710 - ... multiplied by the number of his shares of stock shall equal, or to distribute them on the same principle among as many candidates as he shall think fit; and such directors or managers shall not be elected in any other manner.
Page 64 - They would contain various exceptions to powers not granted; and, on this very account, would afford a colorable pretext to claim more than were granted. For why declare that things shall not be done which there is no power to do?