University of Illinois Studies in the Social Sciences, Volume 9University of Illinois Press, 1921 |
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... causes and purposes .. Power of veto .... Notification of state of war . II . MILITARY POWERS IN TIME OF WAR CHAPTER VI . POWER TO RAISE AND ORGANIZE THE ARMED FORCES ... Nature of the President's power . Powers under voluntary ...
... causes and purposes .. Power of veto .... Notification of state of war . II . MILITARY POWERS IN TIME OF WAR CHAPTER VI . POWER TO RAISE AND ORGANIZE THE ARMED FORCES ... Nature of the President's power . Powers under voluntary ...
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... caused to be done many things not pre- viously done by the President and the heads of the departments . I did not usurp power but did greatly broaden the use of execu- tive power . In other words , I acted for the public welfare , I ...
... caused to be done many things not pre- viously done by the President and the heads of the departments . I did not usurp power but did greatly broaden the use of execu- tive power . In other words , I acted for the public welfare , I ...
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... cause with Spain , or otherwise attempt the subjugation of Spanish America , we shall unite with the latter , and contribute our proportion to the means necessary to make the resistance effectual ; and further , that we shall bind our ...
... cause with Spain , or otherwise attempt the subjugation of Spanish America , we shall unite with the latter , and contribute our proportion to the means necessary to make the resistance effectual ; and further , that we shall bind our ...
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... cause for war.30 Through the exercise of this power the President is thus upon occasion enabled to determine the question of peace or war for the United States . bers , 14 How . , 38 , 46 , 50-51 ( 1852 ) ; United States v . Trumbull ...
... cause for war.30 Through the exercise of this power the President is thus upon occasion enabled to determine the question of peace or war for the United States . bers , 14 How . , 38 , 46 , 50-51 ( 1852 ) ; United States v . Trumbull ...
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... cause of war , is always liable to be regarded as proof of an un- friendly spirit to one of the contending parties . " He therefore 31 See memorandum of questions submitted to his Cabinet , Oct. 25 , 1817 . Writings of James Monroe , VI ...
... cause of war , is always liable to be regarded as proof of an un- friendly spirit to one of the contending parties . " He therefore 31 See memorandum of questions submitted to his Cabinet , Oct. 25 , 1817 . Writings of James Monroe , VI ...
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Page 54 - Chronic wrong-doing, or an impotence which results in a general loosening of the ties of civilized society, may in America, as elsewhere, ultimately require intervention by some civilized nation, and in the western hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine...
Page 121 - to raise and support Armies" and "to provide and maintain a Navy.
Page 71 - The cup of forbearance had been exhausted even before the recent information from the frontier of the Del Norte. But now, after reiterated menaces, Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory and shed American blood upon the American soil.
Page 13 - My view was that every executive officer, and above all every executive officer in high position, was a steward of the people bound actively and affirmatively to do all he could for the people, and not to content himself with the negative merit of keeping his talents undamaged in a napkin.
Page 252 - Until Congress shall provide for the government of such islands all the civil, judicial and military powers exercised by the officers of the existing government in said islands shall be vested in such person or persons and shall be exercised in such manner as the President of the United States shall direct; and the President shall have power to remove said officers and fill the vacancies so occasioned.
Page 16 - I felt that measures otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful by becoming indispensable to the preservation of the Constitution, through the preservation of the nation.
Page 104 - Third, that the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States, and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the several States to such extent as may be necessary to carry these resolutions into effect.
Page 120 - Not expecting to see you again before the spring campaign opens, I wish to express in this way my entire satisfaction with what you have done up to this time, so far as I understand it. The particulars of your plans I neither know nor seek to know.
Page 193 - What is the liberty of the press? Who can give it any definition which would not leave the utmost latitude for evasion? I hold it to be impracticable; and from this, I infer that its security, whatever fine declarations may be inserted in any constitution respecting it, must altogether depend on public opinion and on the general spirit of the people and of the government.
Page 75 - When the regular course of justice is interrupted by revolt, rebellion, or insurrection, so that the courts of justice cannot be kept open, civil war exists, and hostilities may be prosecuted on the same footing as if those opposing the government were foreign enemies invading the land.