PART II. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER VIII

THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE FEDERAL SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT

55. Original limitations on the power of the federal government .

The federal Constitution.

56. Limitations imposed on the federal government by the Amendments 135

Ibid., Amendments I-XI.

57. The theory of the separation of powers in the federal Constitution. 138

Kilbourn v. Thompson, 103 United States Reports, 168.

58. The supremacy of federal law.

Ableman v. Booth, 21 Howard, 506.

59. The suffrage under the federal Constitution

Revised Record of the Constitutional Convention of New York

(1894), 1, 618 sqq.

60. Reciprocal guarantee of privileges and immunities among the several

Report of the Attorney-General of Iowa (1904), 226 sqq.

62. The national character of citizenship

United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 United States Reports,

649 sqq.

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143

CHAPTER IX

THE NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT

63. Constitutional provisions relating to the election of the President

The federal Constitution.

64. The choice of presidential electors .

Statutes of the State of Oregon relating to Elections, 1907.

160

Richardson, Presidential Messages, IX, 208 sqq.

65. Counting the electoral vote in the states .

66. The call for the national convention

Official Call, issued by the Republican Committee, 1908; Official

Report of the Froceedings of the Democratic National Conven-

tion, 1904, I.

72. The President as head of the national administration

Opinions of the Attorneys-General, VII, 460 sqq.

73. The President as national spokesman in foreign affairs

American State Papers (second edition), I, 198.

THE POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT

71. Constitutional provisions.

176

75. The political implications of the veto power

187

192

74. The war powers of the President

Richardson, Presidential Messages, IV, 674 sqq.

The Works of Daniel Webster (eleventh edition), I, 266 sqq.

Benton, T. H., Thirty Years' View (1854), II, 32; Richardson,

Presidential Messages, I, 325.

77. Executive influence on congressional legislation

Congressional Record, XL, Part 5, 4777 sqq.

78. How executive departments may draft bills

Ibid., XVII, Part 1, 463.

CHAPTER XI

THE NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION

193

196

Shurtleff v. United States, 189 United States Reports, 311.

80. The executive departments and Congress

200

Congressional Record, XL, Part 1, 22 sqq.

81. Power of administrative officials to decide cases affecting life, liberty,

United States v. Ju Toy, 198 United States Reports, 253 sqq.

84. The civil service act

Report of the United States Civil Service Commission (1908),

Boutwell, G. S., Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs,
II, 282.

87. Congressmen and federal officers

Lincoln, Works, II, 106 sq.

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CHAPTER XII

THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES

88. Provisions of the federal Constitution relative to the organization

of Congress

The federal Constitution.

89. The apportionment of representatives among the states

Statutes at Large, XXXI, 733.

90. The art of gerrymandering

Speeches and Addresses of William McKinley, 23 sq.

91. The law governing the election of Senators

Compiled Statutes of the United States, I, 7 sq.

92. The original purpose of the Senate.

The Federalist, Nos. LXII and LXIII.

93. Popular election of Senators in Oregon

Same as above, No. 65.

94. The question of popular election of Senators .

Senate Document, 60th Congress, 1st Sess., Nos. 512 and 518.

95. The instruction of representatives in Congress

Congressional Record, XVII, Part I, 121; The Works of Henry

Clay (Federal ed.), VIII, 135.

CHAPTER XIII

THE POWERS OF CONGRESS

96. Express powers conferred on Congress by the Constitution

The federal Constitution.

97. The doctrine of strict construction

MacDonald, William, Select Documents (1776–1861), 77 599.

101. Party organization in Congress

Congressional Record, XL, Part 3, 2207 sqq.

102. A criticism of the House of Representatives
Ibid., XL, Part 9, 8831 sq.

103. Duties of the speaker of the House

House Manual (1908).

104. Political significance of the speakership

Congressional Record, XL, Part 5, 4807 sq.

105. The sources of the speaker's power

The Arena, XXII, 657 $99.

106. How the House disposes of business

The Independent, LXIV, 579 sqq.

107. Congress and presidential influence

Congressional Record, XLII, Part 4, 3370.

108. Departmental preparation of bills

Ibid., XLII, Part 1, 299.

Ibid., XLII, Part 5, 4614.

109. Log-rolling in Congress.

110. The Senate at work

The Forum, XXXI, 425 sqq.

III. Communications between the Houses

Congressional Record, XXXV, Part 7, 6959.

CHAPTER XV

THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY

112. Constitutional provisions

The federal Constitution.

113. Power of the courts to pass on the constitutionality of federal

Pollock v. Farmers' Loan and Trust Co., 157 United States Re-

120. Duties and responsibilities of diplomatic representatives

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, III, Part 2, 117 sqq.

121. Expenses connected with the ambassadorial rank
Congressional Record, XLII, Part 6, 5575.

Senate Documents, 57th Congress, 1st Sess., XII, 6 sqq.; Con-
gressional Record, XL, Part 2, 1418 sqq.

123. The recognition of a new government

J. B. Moore, A Digest of International Law, I, 97; Congres-
sional Record, XXXVIII, Part 1, 323 sq.

Supplement to the American Journal of International Law
(1908), II, 298 sq.

CHAPTER XVII

NATIONAL Defense

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