Readings in American Government and Politics

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Macmillan, 1914 - 638 pages

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Contents

New York resolves to appoint delegates
44
Philosophy of the American constitutional system
49
Transmission of the Constitution to Congress
53
CHAPTER IV
56
The chairman of the national committee
69
CHAPTER V
72
The political implications of the veto power
75
An appeal for the right to vote
78
Restrictions on special legislation
84
CHAPTER VI
92
The necessary and proper clause
100
How the House disposes of business
106
Contemporary political issues
107
The police power of the state
110
CHAPTER VII
112
The congressional caucus for nominating presidential candidates
114
Bentons criticism of the convention system
120
A state political machine
127
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130
CHAPTER VIII
134
The supremacy of federal
140
Judicial interpretation of the term commerce
144
Reciprocal guarantee of privileges and immunities among the several
146
Why forest reservations should be made
150
CHAPTER IX
154
The Oregon presidential primary
160
How a territory is authorized to form a constitution
161
THE GOVERNMENT OF TERRITORIES
163
Convention oratory
164
The Democratic unit rule
167
The question of centralization in administration
172
apta cas of the veto power
176
Legislatures and railways
188
CHAPTER XI
197
The leading difficulties in city government
201
Power of administrative officials to decide cases affecting life liberty
204
The civil service act
208
CHAPTER XII
214
Politics and public utilities
215
The law governing the election of Senators
221
906
226
11
227
95
233
13
236
The necessary and proper clause
245
The overthrow of the Speaker and Rules Committee
260
Departmental preparation of bills
267

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Page 21 - 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 224 - Measures; 6 To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States...
Page 609 - No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. 4. No capitation, or other direct, tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken.1 5. No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any State.
Page 25 - 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 363 - 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 26 - AND WHEREAS it hath pleased the Great Governor of the World to incline the hearts of the legislatures we respectively represent in congress, to approve of, and to authorize us to ratify the said articles of confederation and perpetual union.
Page 43 - But the most common and durable source of factions has been the various and unequal distribution of property. Those who hold and those who are without property have ever formed distinct interests in society.
Page 24 - ... place appointed, and within the time agreed on by the United States in Congress assembled ; but if the United States in Congress assembled shall, on consideration of circumstances, judge proper that any State should not raise men, or should raise a smaller number than its quota, and that any other State should raise a greater number of men than the quota thereof, such extra number shall be raised, officered...
Page 21 - ... in proportion to the value of all land within each state, granted to or surveyed for any person, as such land and the buildings and improvements thereon shall be estimated, according to such mode as the United States in Congress assembled shall from time to time direct and appoint.
Page 26 - All bills of credit emitted, moneys borrowed, and debts contracted, by or under the authority of congress, before the assembling of the United States, in pursuance of the present confederation, shall be deemed. and considered as a charge against the United States, for payment and satisfaction whereof, the said United States, and the public faith, are hereby solemnly pledged.

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