Readings in American Government and PoliticsMacmillan, 1909 - 624 pages |
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... special obligations to him . Mr. Frederic W. Erb , of 185 the Loan Division of the Columbia University Library , and V The leading difficulties in city government Testimony taken before the Senate Committee on Cities, 1890, V, 10.
... special obligations to him . Mr. Frederic W. Erb , of 185 the Loan Division of the Columbia University Library , and V The leading difficulties in city government Testimony taken before the Senate Committee on Cities, 1890, V, 10.
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... committee of correspondence Boston Town Records , 1770-77 , 92 sq . 8. Massachusetts calls the first Continental Congress Force , American Archives ( 4th series ) , I , 420 . 9. Appointment of the South Carolina delegates . · Journals ...
... committee of correspondence Boston Town Records , 1770-77 , 92 sq . 8. Massachusetts calls the first Continental Congress Force , American Archives ( 4th series ) , I , 420 . 9. Appointment of the South Carolina delegates . · Journals ...
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... Committee , 1908 ; Official Report of the Froceedings of the Democratic National Conven- tion , 1904 , 1 . 67. Convention oratory . Ibid . , 161 sqq . 68. The Democratic unit rule Ibid . , 247 sq . • 164 167 69. The chairman of the ...
... Committee , 1908 ; Official Report of the Froceedings of the Democratic National Conven- tion , 1904 , 1 . 67. Convention oratory . Ibid . , 161 sqq . 68. The Democratic unit rule Ibid . , 247 sq . • 164 167 69. The chairman of the ...
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Charles Austin Beard. 69. The chairman of the national committee The Atlantic Monthly , 1902 , LXXXIX , 76 sqq . 70. The national campaign · Review of Reviews , XIV , 554 sqq . CHAPTER X THE POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT 71. Constitutional ...
Charles Austin Beard. 69. The chairman of the national committee The Atlantic Monthly , 1902 , LXXXIX , 76 sqq . 70. The national campaign · Review of Reviews , XIV , 554 sqq . CHAPTER X THE POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT 71. Constitutional ...
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... Committee on Highways , New York , 1908 , 185. The legislative committee of inquiry 186. The legislative reference bureau I sqq . Review of Reviews , XXXII , 722 sq . 471 · 473 • 475 Report of the American Bar Association , 1906 , Part ...
... Committee on Highways , New York , 1908 , 185. The legislative committee of inquiry 186. The legislative reference bureau I sqq . Review of Reviews , XXXII , 722 sq . 471 · 473 • 475 Report of the American Bar Association , 1906 , Part ...
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Page 236 - Measures; 6 To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States...
Page 29 - States shall be divided or appropriated ; of granting letters of marque and reprisal in times of peace, appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and establishing courts for receiving and determining finally appeals in all cases of captures, provided that no member of Congress shall be appointed a judge of any of the said courts.
Page 51 - The regulation of these various and interfering interests forms the principal task of modern legislation, and involves the spirit of party and faction in the necessary and ordinary operations of the government.
Page 33 - The committee of the States, or any nine of them, shall be authorized to execute in the recess of Congress, such of the powers of Congress as the United States in Congress assembled, by the consent of nine States, shall from time to time think expedient to vest them with...
Page 379 - States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property, and individual liberty, and for discharging the obligations with respect to Cuba imposed by the treaty of Paris on the United States, now to be assumed and undertaken by the government of Cuba.
Page 348 - If, as has always been understood, the sovereignty of Congress, though limited to specified objects, is plenary as to those objects, the power over commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States is vested in Congress as absolutely as it would be in a single government, having in its constitution the same restrictions on the exercise of the power as are found in the constitution of the United States.
Page 26 - ... treason, felony, or other high misdemeanor in any State, shall flee from justice, and be found in any of the United States, he shall, upon demand of the governor or executive power of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, and removed to the State having jurisdiction of his offense. Full faith and credit shall be given, in each of these States, to the records, acts, and judicial proceedings of the courts and magistrates of every other State.
Page 27 - States in Congress assembled, shall send any embassy to, or receive any embassy from, or enter into any conference, agreement, alliance, or treaty with any king, prince, or state; nor shall any person holding any office of profit or trust under the United States, or any of them, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever, from .any king, prince, or foreign state; nor shall the United States in Congress assembled, or any of them, grant any title of nobility.
Page 412 - Shall there be a Convention to revise the Constitution, and amend the same...
Page 69 - Was it possible to lose the Nation and yet preserve the Constitution ? By general law, life and limb must be protected ; yet often a limb must be amputated to save a life ; but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I felt that measures otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful by becoming indispensable to the preservation of the Constitution through the preservation of the Nation.