A Course of Lectures on the Constitutional Jurisprudence of the United States: Delivered Annually in Columbia College, New YorkHarper, 1858 - 419 pàgines |
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... possess the greatest weight , ei- ther from their intrinsic value , or their conformity with the general doctrines of the authoritative ex- pounders of the Constitution ; and in the absence of both authority and disquisition , he has ...
... possess the greatest weight , ei- ther from their intrinsic value , or their conformity with the general doctrines of the authoritative ex- pounders of the Constitution ; and in the absence of both authority and disquisition , he has ...
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... possess an influence more or less pow- erful in the administration of public affairs . It is obviously indispensable where the political rights of all are equal , and where the obscurest individual has a voice in the election of his ...
... possess an influence more or less pow- erful in the administration of public affairs . It is obviously indispensable where the political rights of all are equal , and where the obscurest individual has a voice in the election of his ...
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... possess the farther power " to raise troops and build forts for the defence of the colonies , and to equip vessels of war to guard the coasts and protect commerce ; " and for these purposes the general council was to have power to levy ...
... possess the farther power " to raise troops and build forts for the defence of the colonies , and to equip vessels of war to guard the coasts and protect commerce ; " and for these purposes the general council was to have power to levy ...
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... possessed less wisdom and integrity , and stretched their authority under the plea of an impe- rious necessity , which might often have been alleged on stronger and more plausible grounds than at any subsequent period , it would have ...
... possessed less wisdom and integrity , and stretched their authority under the plea of an impe- rious necessity , which might often have been alleged on stronger and more plausible grounds than at any subsequent period , it would have ...
Pàgina 33
... possessed by the states in Congress , as well as the omission of dis- tinct and independent executive and judicial de- partments , were also regarded as fundamental errors in the confederation . In these leading particulars , and in ...
... possessed by the states in Congress , as well as the omission of dis- tinct and independent executive and judicial de- partments , were also regarded as fundamental errors in the confederation . In these leading particulars , and in ...
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Pàgina 355 - Congress shall make. 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed ; but when not committed within any State, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed.
Pàgina 343 - 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.
Pàgina 398 - It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid, That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original States and the people and States in the said territory and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ART.
Pàgina 400 - Provided, however, and it is further understood and declared, that the boundaries of these three States shall be subject so far to be altered, that, if Congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall have authority to form one or two States in that part of the said territory which lies North of an East and West line drawn through the Southerly bend or extreme of lake Michigan.
Pàgina 351 - State be obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in another. 7. No money shall be drawn from the treasury but in consequence of appropriations made by law ; and a regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time. 8. No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States ; and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present emolument, office, or title...
Pàgina 352 - Term, be elected as follows: 2. Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress...
Pàgina 337 - No state without the Consent of the united states in congress assembled, shall send any embassy to, or receive any embassy from, or enter into any conference, agreement, alliance or treaty with any King prince or state ; nor shall any person holding any office of profit or trust under the united states, or any of them, accept of any present, emolument, office or title of any kind whatever from any king, prince or foreign state; nor shall the united states in congress assembled, or any of them, grant...
Pàgina 332 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Pàgina 348 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and, from time to time, publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy ; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
Pàgina 355 - States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.