University of Illinois Studies in the Social Sciences, Volume 9University of Illinois Press, 1921 |
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... given to him by the Con- stitution , and the Constitution itself is regarded as a grant of power not otherwise possessed , rather than as a limitation of power already in existence . " 10 The Supreme Court has likewise not only ...
... given to him by the Con- stitution , and the Constitution itself is regarded as a grant of power not otherwise possessed , rather than as a limitation of power already in existence . " 10 The Supreme Court has likewise not only ...
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... given the power of a dictator on three separate occasions ; 27 while Lincoln has been referred to by impartial writers as exercising " more arbitrary power than any Englishman since Oliver Cromwell , " and as one whose acts were ...
... given the power of a dictator on three separate occasions ; 27 while Lincoln has been referred to by impartial writers as exercising " more arbitrary power than any Englishman since Oliver Cromwell , " and as one whose acts were ...
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... given over to the United States under an arbitral decision in 1873 , was upheld by the courts as a proper exercise of Executive authority , even to the extent of modifying , in the interest of peace , existing sta- tutes for the ...
... given over to the United States under an arbitral decision in 1873 , was upheld by the courts as a proper exercise of Executive authority , even to the extent of modifying , in the interest of peace , existing sta- tutes for the ...
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... given the town . " ' Roosevelt , Autobiography , 549 . 45 Ogg , op . cit . , 261 ; Am . Jour . Int . Law , XI , 394-399 ; see also infra , note 53. Since the above was written , there has been much severe criticism of the continued ...
... given the town . " ' Roosevelt , Autobiography , 549 . 45 Ogg , op . cit . , 261 ; Am . Jour . Int . Law , XI , 394-399 ; see also infra , note 53. Since the above was written , there has been much severe criticism of the continued ...
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... given in order to secure just that result , since he had discovered that his ad- vice usually resulted in the opposite action being taken . Memoirs , IV , 450 . upon Spain , which could not be justified and must 66 WAR POWERS OF THE ...
... given in order to secure just that result , since he had discovered that his ad- vice usually resulted in the opposite action being taken . Memoirs , IV , 450 . upon Spain , which could not be justified and must 66 WAR POWERS OF THE ...
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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.