STATE GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES1919 |
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... American state government . It also treats of the more practical problems arising out of the growth of the functions of the modern state and the increase of its administrative activities . For the convenience of those readers who may ...
... American state government . It also treats of the more practical problems arising out of the growth of the functions of the modern state and the increase of its administrative activities . For the convenience of those readers who may ...
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... America American corrupt practices acts Working of the corrupt practices acts Further regulation of the use of money IX . THE STATE LEGISLATURES The bicameral system Methods of legislative apportionment Working of methods of ...
... America American corrupt practices acts Working of the corrupt practices acts Further regulation of the use of money IX . THE STATE LEGISLATURES The bicameral system Methods of legislative apportionment Working of methods of ...
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... American citizen to vote on account of race , color , or any previous condition of servitude . The effects of most of these prohibitions upon the power of the states are apparent , but the effects of a few , especially of those ...
... American citizen to vote on account of race , color , or any previous condition of servitude . The effects of most of these prohibitions upon the power of the states are apparent , but the effects of a few , especially of those ...
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... American people under the colonial governments provided for the several royal and proprietary provinces and chartered plantations . In part they were derived from the colonists ' knowledge of the structure and operation of the British ...
... American people under the colonial governments provided for the several royal and proprietary provinces and chartered plantations . In part they were derived from the colonists ' knowledge of the structure and operation of the British ...
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... American people . " We hold these truths to be self - evident , that all men are created equal ; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights ; that among these are life , liberty and the pursuit of happiness ...
... American people . " We hold these truths to be self - evident , that all men are created equal ; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights ; that among these are life , liberty and the pursuit of happiness ...
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Página 458 - But I know also, that laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths disclosed, and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times.
Página 359 - is decided upon an economic theory which a large part of the country does not entertain. If it were a question whether I agreed with that theory, I should desire to study it further and long before making up my mind. But I do not conceive that to be my duty, because I strongly believe that my agreement or disagreement has nothing to do with the right of a majority to embody their opinions in law. . . . The fourteenth amendment does not enact Mr. Herbert Spencer's Social Statics.
Página 32 - Each individual of the society has a right to be protected by it in the enjoyment of his life, liberty, and property, according to standing laws.
Página 21 - This they said, and this they meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth, that• all were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that the enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit.
Página 458 - Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them, like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of the preceding age a wisdom more than human, and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment.
Página 30 - Government is instituted for the common good, for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people and not for the profit, honor or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men...
Página 36 - If we resort for a criterion to the different principles on which different forms of government are established, we may define a republic to be, or at least may bestow that name on, a government which derives all its powers directly or indirectly from the great body of the people, and is administered by persons holding their offices during pleasure for a limited period, or during good behavior.
Página 28 - The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals: it is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants with each citizen and each citizen with the whole people, that all shall be governed by certain laws for the common good.
Página 37 - It is essential to such a government, that it be derived from the great body of the society, not from an inconsiderable proportion, or a favored class of it ; otherwise a handful of tyrannical nobles, exercising their oppressions by a delegation of their powers, might aspire to the rank of republicans, and claim for their government the honorable title of republic..
Página 26 - The people of this State have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves as a free, sovereign and independent State...