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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.
Revised Record of the Constitutional Convention of New York (1894), I, 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.
CHAPTER IX
THE NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT
63. Constitutional provisions relating to the election of the President
64. The choice of presidential electors .
Richardson, Presidential Messages, IX, 208 sqq.
65. Counting the electoral vote in the states.
Statutes of the State of Oregon relating to Elections, 1907.
66. The Oregon presidential primary law
Beard and Shultz, Documents on the Initiative, Referendum and Recall, pp. 96 sqq.
67. Convention oratory.
Ibid., 161 sqq.
68. The Democratic unit rule
Ibid., 247 $9.
84. The civil service act
Report of the United States Civil Service Commission (1908),
43 $99.
85. President Cleveland and the place hunters
Richardson, Presidential Messages, IX, 399 sq.
86. Senatorial courtesy
Boutwell, G. S., Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs,
II, 282.
87. Congressmen and federal officers
Lincoln, Works, II, 106 sq.
CHAPTER XII
THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
88. Provisions of the federal Constitution relative to the organization
of Congress
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
211
212
213
Congressional Record, XVII, Part 1, 121; The Works of Henry Clay (Federal ed.), VIII, 135.
CHAPTER XIII
233
MacDonald, William, Select Documents (1776–1861), 77 sqq.
98. The doctrine of liberal construction
Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheaton, I sqq.
99. The principle of liberal construction applied.
Knox v. Lee, 12 Wallace, 457 $99.
100. The "necessary and proper" clause
Ibid.
CHAPTER XIV
CONGRESS AT WORK
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 overthrow of the Speaker and Rules Committee
Congressional Record, XLV, pp. 3296 sqq.
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.
109. Log-rolling in Congress.
Ibid., XLII, Part 5, 4614.
110. The Senate at work
113. Power of the courts to pass on the constitutionality of federal
278
281
283
Martin v. Hunter's Lessees, I Cranch, 304.
115. Jefferson's criticism of the Supreme Court
Writings of Thomas Jefferson (1855 ed.), 133 and 192.
116. Political questions in federal cases.
Pollock v. Farmers' Loan and Trust Co., 157 United States Re-
297
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.
122. The negotiation of treaties
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.
124. An arbitration treaty
Supplement to the American Journal of International Law
(1908), II, 298 sq.
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