An Introduction to the Constitutional Law of the United States: Especially Designed for Students, General and ProfessionalHurd and Houghton, 1868 - 549 pages |
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... result ; tendency of power to increase Constitutional provisions . Separation of functions not complete ... resulting to Southern states 194 Increase of this advantage from abolishing slavery Remedies proposed 195 • 196 SECTION III ...
... result ; tendency of power to increase Constitutional provisions . Separation of functions not complete ... resulting to Southern states 194 Increase of this advantage from abolishing slavery Remedies proposed 195 • 196 SECTION III ...
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... result would be inevitable that , in the United States , there was absolutely no sovereign ; for all classes of rulers , national and state , are limited by precepts which have all the attributes of positive law ; and if the people , in ...
... result would be inevitable that , in the United States , there was absolutely no sovereign ; for all classes of rulers , national and state , are limited by precepts which have all the attributes of positive law ; and if the people , in ...
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... results , be they good or evil , is preferred now even more decidedly than when the Convention submitted their labors to the country for approval . It cannot be denied that , by deciding in favor of a fundamental law contained in a writ ...
... results , be they good or evil , is preferred now even more decidedly than when the Convention submitted their labors to the country for approval . It cannot be denied that , by deciding in favor of a fundamental law contained in a writ ...
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... result in the same manner ; both would consciously or unconsciously apply the same rules to the resolution of a doubt , or the clear- ing up of an obscurity . The great mass of citizens , the elec- tors who represent and act in the name ...
... result in the same manner ; both would consciously or unconsciously apply the same rules to the resolution of a doubt , or the clear- ing up of an obscurity . The great mass of citizens , the elec- tors who represent and act in the name ...
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... results . From the very commencement of the present government , there have existed two schools who represent these two modes of construction . The one has unduly exalted the lawyer - like , the other the statesman - like , process ...
... results . From the very commencement of the present government , there have existed two schools who represent these two modes of construction . The one has unduly exalted the lawyer - like , the other the statesman - like , process ...
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Page 528 - ... 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury; and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any state, the trial shall be at such place or places as the congress may by law have directed.
Page 532 - 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. 3. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Page 524 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder, or ex post facto law, shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Page 214 - It is the power to regulate; that is, to prescribe the rule by which commerce is to be governed. This power, like all others vested in congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations other than are prescribed in the constitution.
Page 526 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly, until the disability be removed, or a President shall be elected. 7 The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services, a compensation, which shall neither be increased...
Page 167 - But we think the sound construction of the constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people. Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end, which are not prohibited, but consist...
Page 521 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy ; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question, shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
Page 449 - Our constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the land. It is, consequently, to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature, whenever it operates of itself without the aid of any legislative provision. But when the terms of the stipulation import a contract, when either of the parties engages to perform a particular act, the treaty addresses itself to the political, not the judicial department; and the legislature must execute the contract before it can become...
Page 522 - Senate may propose or concur with amendments as on other bills. 2. Every bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the president of the United States; if he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the objections at large on their journal, and proceed to reconsider it.
Page 525 - No person, except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President...