Principles of Constitutional GovernmentHarper & brothers, 1916 - 396 páginas |
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... existence for the most part to custom and precedent formed in this way which may subsequently be incorporated in a written document . The result is that constitutional government is , in the second place , a form of government in which ...
... existence for the most part to custom and precedent formed in this way which may subsequently be incorporated in a written document . The result is that constitutional government is , in the second place , a form of government in which ...
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... existence should be fixed with a definiteness sufficient to avoid , as far as might be , the possibility of conflict . We may say , then , that America is the birthplace of the written constitution . The example thus set by America has ...
... existence should be fixed with a definiteness sufficient to avoid , as far as might be , the possibility of conflict . We may say , then , that America is the birthplace of the written constitution . The example thus set by America has ...
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... existence confer upon it , notwithstanding the comparative newness of the country , the hoariness of age when compared with such constitutional infants as the French and German constitutions . The Constitution of the United States may ...
... existence confer upon it , notwithstanding the comparative newness of the country , the hoariness of age when compared with such constitutional infants as the French and German constitutions . The Constitution of the United States may ...
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... existence to the combination or union of smaller communities , which at some earlier time enjoyed a greater or less degree of political inde- pendence . England thus originated in the union under one king of old Saxon or Danish kingdoms ...
... existence to the combination or union of smaller communities , which at some earlier time enjoyed a greater or less degree of political inde- pendence . England thus originated in the union under one king of old Saxon or Danish kingdoms ...
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... existence near her borders of rival political powers . What has been true in the past of China is even more true of the United States of America . Protected as it has been by the great oceans lying both to the east and to the west , and ...
... existence near her borders of rival political powers . What has been true in the past of China is even more true of the United States of America . Protected as it has been by the great oceans lying both to the east and to the west , and ...
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Página 328 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President shall be the Vice-President. if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of...
Página 329 - ... vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.
Página 266 - Constitution which declares that no person shall be deprived of his life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.
Página 318 - SEC. 4. The times, places and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives, shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing senators.
Página 324 - States concerned as well as of the Congress. The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular State. SEC. 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each...
Página 324 - ... claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due. SEC. 3. New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned, as well as of the Congress.
Página 128 - 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 congress...
Página 318 - Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and with the concurrence of two thirds expel a member. 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...
Página 318 - No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen. The Vice-President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided.
Página 328 - SECTION 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. SEC. 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.