Principles of Constitutional GovernmentHarper & brothers, 1916 - 396 páginas |
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... VOTING AND PARTICULARLY OF THE SECRET BALLOT . 183 · XVI . THE PRIVILEGES OF MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE 193 • 204 .. · XVII . XVIII . THE POSITION AND POWERS OF THE COURTS IN THE CON- STITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT OF ...
... VOTING AND PARTICULARLY OF THE SECRET BALLOT . 183 · XVI . THE PRIVILEGES OF MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE 193 • 204 .. · XVII . XVIII . THE POSITION AND POWERS OF THE COURTS IN THE CON- STITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT OF ...
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... voting upon the question that the amendment is desirable . The necessity of large majorities or of long delays in order that constitutional amendments may be made tends to foster revolutionary rather than gradual change , or brings ...
... voting upon the question that the amendment is desirable . The necessity of large majorities or of long delays in order that constitutional amendments may be made tends to foster revolutionary rather than gradual change , or brings ...
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... vote , and the observance of special formalities . Thus in France an amendment of the constitutional laws of 1875 is made as follows : Each of the two chambers of the legislature determines by a majority of all its members that ...
... vote , and the observance of special formalities . Thus in France an amendment of the constitutional laws of 1875 is made as follows : Each of the two chambers of the legislature determines by a majority of all its members that ...
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... vote and proposed for adoption a constitution which differed greatly from the then existing " Articles . ' Probably ... vote of nine only of the thirteen states united in the old confederation . As a matter of fact , the Constitution ...
... vote and proposed for adoption a constitution which differed greatly from the then existing " Articles . ' Probably ... vote of nine only of the thirteen states united in the old confederation . As a matter of fact , the Constitution ...
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... vote of the people of the states . Later , however , such submission became the rule , and the enacting clause of the present American state constitution has come to read , " We the people of the State of do ordain and establish the ...
... vote of the people of the states . Later , however , such submission became the rule , and the enacting clause of the present American state constitution has come to read , " We the people of the State of do ordain and establish the ...
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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.