Progressive PrinciplesProgressive national service, 1913 - 330 pages |
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Page 4
... Legislature and the courts a real representation of the deliberate popular judg- ment in these matters . But these and kindred measures are merely ma- chinery , and each community must judge for itself as to the machinery which its ...
... Legislature and the courts a real representation of the deliberate popular judg- ment in these matters . But these and kindred measures are merely ma- chinery , and each community must judge for itself as to the machinery which its ...
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... Legislatures obey the command of some special interest , and obstinately re- fuse the will of the majority , the majority may step in and legislate directly . No man would say that it was best to conduct all legislation by direct vote ...
... Legislatures obey the command of some special interest , and obstinately re- fuse the will of the majority , the majority may step in and legislate directly . No man would say that it was best to conduct all legislation by direct vote ...
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... Legislatures refuse to carry out the will of the people . The proposal is a method to reach an unde- niable evil . Then there is the recall of public officers -the principle that an officer chosen by the people who is unfaithful may be ...
... Legislatures refuse to carry out the will of the people . The proposal is a method to reach an unde- niable evil . Then there is the recall of public officers -the principle that an officer chosen by the people who is unfaithful may be ...
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... cases involving the police power , when a State court has set aside as unconstitutional a law passed by the Legislature for the general welfare , the ques- tion of the validity of the law - which should Right of the People to Rule 25.
... cases involving the police power , when a State court has set aside as unconstitutional a law passed by the Legislature for the general welfare , the ques- tion of the validity of the law - which should Right of the People to Rule 25.
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... Legislature , or in the final instance by the people themselves ? * * The President of the United States , Mr. Taft , de- voted most of a recent speech to criticism of this proposition . He says that it " is utterly without merit or ...
... Legislature , or in the final instance by the people themselves ? * * The President of the United States , Mr. Taft , de- voted most of a recent speech to criticism of this proposition . He says that it " is utterly without merit or ...
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