The Price of UnionHoughton Mifflin, 1950 - 750 pages Explores the origins and development of American political institutions. Contains a copy of the constitution, notes, bibliography, and index. |
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Page 135
... Court for a writ of mandamus , to compel Madison ( the new Secretary of State ) to deliver the commissions . The basis of the application was Section 13 of the Judiciary Act of 1789 , which authorized the Supreme Court to issue such a ...
... Court for a writ of mandamus , to compel Madison ( the new Secretary of State ) to deliver the commissions . The basis of the application was Section 13 of the Judiciary Act of 1789 , which authorized the Supreme Court to issue such a ...
Page 136
... Court . Section 13 of the Judiciary Act was invalid , since an act con- flicting with the Constitution could not become the law of the land . The writ , therefore , could not issue from the Supreme Court . Politically and legally , this ...
... Court . Section 13 of the Judiciary Act was invalid , since an act con- flicting with the Constitution could not become the law of the land . The writ , therefore , could not issue from the Supreme Court . Politically and legally , this ...
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... Court once and for all . In February , 1937 , he proposed a bill providing that for every justice of the Supreme Court who failed to retire at seventy an additional justice should be appointed , up to a total of fifteen . The country ...
... Court once and for all . In February , 1937 , he proposed a bill providing that for every justice of the Supreme Court who failed to retire at seventy an additional justice should be appointed , up to a total of fifteen . The country ...
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Prelude to a Federation | 25 |
Claims of the States to Western Lands 17831802 | 35 |
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