Free Government in England and America: Containing the Great Charter, the Petition of Right, the Bill of Rights, the Federal Constitution, Volume 25Carleton, 1864 - 576 pages |
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... least discretion , as it was impos- sible to maintain it on any other than an elective basis . Force was as foreign to its maintenance as to its ordination . It is believed be by many , that it never could have been ITS CHARACTER AND ...
... least discretion , as it was impos- sible to maintain it on any other than an elective basis . Force was as foreign to its maintenance as to its ordination . It is believed be by many , that it never could have been ITS CHARACTER AND ...
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... Those who would show the least regard for its obligations and the greatest contempt for its solemn injunctions , have been most honored and trusted . We have passed through years of great political trial . 2 ITS CHARACTER AND OFFICE . 25.
... Those who would show the least regard for its obligations and the greatest contempt for its solemn injunctions , have been most honored and trusted . We have passed through years of great political trial . 2 ITS CHARACTER AND OFFICE . 25.
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... least , in reference to what should constitute such a system . They admit the right to ordain a constitution , conferring unlimited authority upon the legislature to enact and enforce such laws as their constitution may permit or ...
... least , in reference to what should constitute such a system . They admit the right to ordain a constitution , conferring unlimited authority upon the legislature to enact and enforce such laws as their constitution may permit or ...
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... least Federal authority not delegated , as to refuse to carry into effect the delegated powers . To refuse to send Senators and Members of Congress to the Federal capital , to neglect to appoint a Federal judiciary , would be a ...
... least Federal authority not delegated , as to refuse to carry into effect the delegated powers . To refuse to send Senators and Members of Congress to the Federal capital , to neglect to appoint a Federal judiciary , would be a ...
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... least control over these rights of the people : first , because they are natural , or what the Constitution denominates reserved rights ; and secondly , because the governments of the States never delegated to the Union the least ...
... least control over these rights of the people : first , because they are natural , or what the Constitution denominates reserved rights ; and secondly , because the governments of the States never delegated to the Union the least ...
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Page 387 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
Page 532 - Person. 2 The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it. 3 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 herein before directed to be taken.
Page 516 - And the articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the union shall be perpetual ; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State.
Page 529 - Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside. And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.
Page 495 - ... of establishing rules for deciding in all cases, what captures on land or water shall be legal, and in what manner prizes taken by land or naval forces in the service of the United States shall be divided or appropriated...
Page 570 - The question with me is not whether you have a right to render your people miserable, but whether it is not your interest to make them happy. It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do, but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.
Page 468 - All charges of war and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury...
Page 452 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the united colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Page 534 - States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President.] 3.
Page 74 - It is also not entirely unworthy of observation, that in declaring what shall be the supreme law of the land, the Constitution itself is first mentioned ; and not the laws of the United States generally, but those only which shall be made in pursuance of the Constitution, have that rank.