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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... interest by efforts to call a consti- tutional convention on reapportionment . It is very , very helpful to have before the Congress legislation that can serve as a welcome basis for a discussion of the problem , although I feel the ...
... interest by efforts to call a consti- tutional convention on reapportionment . It is very , very helpful to have before the Congress legislation that can serve as a welcome basis for a discussion of the problem , although I feel the ...
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... interest , and they don't get national attention , and when a State takes this action , while it might be big news in the State or might not be , it is not very big news in any other State . Senator DIRKSEN . Isn't the fact that no ...
... interest , and they don't get national attention , and when a State takes this action , while it might be big news in the State or might not be , it is not very big news in any other State . Senator DIRKSEN . Isn't the fact that no ...
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... interest- ing concept to contemplate . The question I would like to ask is , How can it be said that there would be a quiet campaign ? I had never known that State legislatures were exactly quiet places of doing business . My experience ...
... interest- ing concept to contemplate . The question I would like to ask is , How can it be said that there would be a quiet campaign ? I had never known that State legislatures were exactly quiet places of doing business . My experience ...
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... interests , can there be any room to apprehend any such difficulty in a union on points which are merely relative to the general liberty or security of the people . We may safely rely on the disposition of the state legislatures to ...
... interests , can there be any room to apprehend any such difficulty in a union on points which are merely relative to the general liberty or security of the people . We may safely rely on the disposition of the state legislatures to ...
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... interest and long - range perspective than either the State legislatures or a temporary convention whose dele- gates need not run for reelection . I note , for example , that seven State legislatures have petitioned for a convention to ...
... interest and long - range perspective than either the State legislatures or a temporary convention whose dele- gates need not run for reelection . I note , for example , that seven State legislatures have petitioned for a convention to ...
Términos y frases comunes
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
Pasajes populares
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.