A Short History of the United States, 1492-1938Macmillan, 1939 - 1039 pages |
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Page 176
... authority respected , and though Chatham in one house and Burke in the other pleaded for a restoration of the laws ... authority of parliament to annul or amend a colonial charter ; but so good an authority as Chief Justice Mansfield ...
... authority respected , and though Chatham in one house and Burke in the other pleaded for a restoration of the laws ... authority of parliament to annul or amend a colonial charter ; but so good an authority as Chief Justice Mansfield ...
Page 286
... authority to themselves which they did not grant to the union ; an exercise of ungranted power was illegal ; the union was not a judge of its own powers ; and each party to the compact of the union is a judge of the terms of union , as ...
... authority to themselves which they did not grant to the union ; an exercise of ungranted power was illegal ; the union was not a judge of its own powers ; and each party to the compact of the union is a judge of the terms of union , as ...
Page 398
... authority from the same source , each is supreme in its own sphere , and the constitution in all that it pretends to regulate is , by the authority of the sovereign people , the supreme law of the land . So far as the constitution ...
... authority from the same source , each is supreme in its own sphere , and the constitution in all that it pretends to regulate is , by the authority of the sovereign people , the supreme law of the land . So far as the constitution ...
Contents
Exploring the Coasts of the New World | 31 |
The Gentlemen Adventurers | 41 |
Better Times in the Colony | 50 |
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