Federal Constitutional Convention: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Separation of Powers...90-1, on S. 2307, October 30, 31, 19671968 - 242 páginas |
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... Proxmire , Hon . William , a U.S. Senator from the State of Wisconsin . Sorenson , Theodore C. , attorney at law , New York City , N.Y. Appendix to statement . Additional statements : Bickel , Alexander M. , letter of October 2 , 1967 ...
... Proxmire , Hon . William , a U.S. Senator from the State of Wisconsin . Sorenson , Theodore C. , attorney at law , New York City , N.Y. Appendix to statement . Additional statements : Bickel , Alexander M. , letter of October 2 , 1967 ...
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... Proxmire is the first witness . Senator , please come up to the witness table . My friend , you may proceed in your own way . STATEMENT OF HON . WILLIAM PROXMIRE , U.S. SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF WISCONSIN Senator PROXMIRE . Thank you ...
... Proxmire is the first witness . Senator , please come up to the witness table . My friend , you may proceed in your own way . STATEMENT OF HON . WILLIAM PROXMIRE , U.S. SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF WISCONSIN Senator PROXMIRE . Thank you ...
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... PROXMIRE . Well , of course , what I was talking about was not the fact that it is well known throughout the country , and I am sure it is well known in the State legislatures everywhere that there was a very hot and highly ...
... PROXMIRE . Well , of course , what I was talking about was not the fact that it is well known throughout the country , and I am sure it is well known in the State legislatures everywhere that there was a very hot and highly ...
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... PROXMIRE . No , indeed ; no , indeed , and I would agree whole- heartedly that this is a critical point that has to be met . My point , however , is that this is a peculiarly sensitive issue . This is the issue on which a malapportioned ...
... PROXMIRE . No , indeed ; no , indeed , and I would agree whole- heartedly that this is a critical point that has to be met . My point , however , is that this is a peculiarly sensitive issue . This is the issue on which a malapportioned ...
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... PROXMIRE . Well , of course , it depends entirely on your view- point . I think you could say it was proper , a proper interpretation of the situation , because , as the Senator from Nebraska is undoubtedly very sensitive about , as I ...
... PROXMIRE . Well , of course , it depends entirely on your view- point . I think you could say it was proper , a proper interpretation of the situation , because , as the Senator from Nebraska is undoubtedly very sensitive about , as I ...
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14th amendment 88th Congress action adopted amend the Constitution amending process amendment proposed applications apportioned apportionment approval Article V convention Articles of Confederation authority basis bill call a constitutional call a convention certiorari Child Labor Amendment Committee Cong Congress to call constitutional amendment constitutional convention convention called convention to propose decide decision delegates District Court effect Eighteenth Amendment election Federalist Papers Georgia Governor gress House of Representatives issue judicial Judiciary jurisdiction Justice Kansas latures legis legislative legislatures of two-thirds limit majority malapportioned malapportionment ment one-vote petitions political President problem procedure Professor BICKEL Professor KURLAND Professor MENDELSON propose an amendment proposed amendment question ratification reapportionment reasonable rejected rescind Senator DIRKSEN Senator ERVIN Senator HRUSKA Senator PROXMIRE Senator TYDINGS specific subject matter submission submitted supra Supreme Court tion two-thirds vote U.S. 3 Dall U.S. Senate United valid vention veto
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Página 185 - No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize, or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State.
Página 115 - Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests. As long as ours is a representative form of government, and our legislatures are those instruments of government elected directly by and directly representative of the people, the right to elect legislators in a free and unimpaired fashion is a bedrock of our political system.
Página 116 - We hold that, as a basic constitutional standard, the Equal Protection Clause requires that the seats in both houses of a bicameral state legislature must be apportioned on a population basis.
Página 31 - States (which at present amount to nine), to call a convention for proposing amendments, which shall be valid, to all intents and purposes, as part of the Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the States, or by conventions in three-fourths thereof." The words of this article are peremptory. The Congress "shall call a convention.
Página 192 - In the newspapers authorized to promulgate the laws, with his certificate, specifying the States by which the same may have been adopted, and that the same has become valid, to all intents and purposes, as a part of the Constitution of the United States.
Página 188 - SECTION 1. The congress shall have power to limit, regulate, and prohibit the labor of persons under eighteen years of age. "SECTION 2. The power of the several states is unimpaired by this article except that the operation of state laws shall be suspended to the extent necessary to give effect to legislation enacted by the congress.
Página 169 - Deciding whether a matter has in any measure been committed by the Constitution to another branch of government, or whether the action of that branch exceeds whatever authority has...
Página 226 - From these, and many other selections which might be made, it is apparent that the framers of the Constitution contemplated that instrument as a rule for the government of courts, as well as of the legislature.
Página 97 - Resolved that provision ought to be made for the amendment of the Articles of Union whensoever it shall seem necessary, and that the assent of the National Legislature ought not to be required thereto.
Página 100 - Provided, that no amendment which may be made prior to the year 1808, shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the senate.