A Course of Lectures on the Constitutional Jurisprudence of the United States: Delivered Annually in Columbia College, New YorkHarper, 1858 - 419 páginas |
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... applied , 1. To the three great departments of Government . 2. To the individual citizens of the United States , and to the several States of the Union . 2. In regard to the distribution of the powers of Govern- ment , as the ...
... applied , 1. To the three great departments of Government . 2. To the individual citizens of the United States , and to the several States of the Union . 2. In regard to the distribution of the powers of Govern- ment , as the ...
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... applied only to a part of the government , where other parts exist independ- ently of that principle , with an equal or superior weight to that constituted in conformity to it , the ben- efits of the one must obviously be partial , and ...
... applied only to a part of the government , where other parts exist independ- ently of that principle , with an equal or superior weight to that constituted in conformity to it , the ben- efits of the one must obviously be partial , and ...
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... applying to the courts of justice for the redress of injuries ; the most valuable incidents to which privilege , were the right of trial by jury , and the benefit of the writ of Habeas Corpus ; 4th . The right of petitioning the king ...
... applying to the courts of justice for the redress of injuries ; the most valuable incidents to which privilege , were the right of trial by jury , and the benefit of the writ of Habeas Corpus ; 4th . The right of petitioning the king ...
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... competent . The principle of representation is applied in it , not only to the individual citizens of the respective states as citizens of the United States , but also to the individual states themselves ; and it 54 LECTURES ON.
... competent . The principle of representation is applied in it , not only to the individual citizens of the respective states as citizens of the United States , but also to the individual states themselves ; and it 54 LECTURES ON.
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... applied , in all cases of correct and impartial exposition , to deduce the meaning of the contract from its known design and entire language ; to reconcile , and , if possible , give effect , to every part of the instrument , and , at ...
... applied , in all cases of correct and impartial exposition , to deduce the meaning of the contract from its known design and entire language ; to reconcile , and , if possible , give effect , to every part of the instrument , and , at ...
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.