STATE GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES1919 |
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... officers of the Associated Harvard Clubs , and to secretaries and members of Harvard Clubs in all parts of the country , I am indebted for painstaking coöperation in procuring information concerning the working of state gov- ernment ...
... officers of the Associated Harvard Clubs , and to secretaries and members of Harvard Clubs in all parts of the country , I am indebted for painstaking coöperation in procuring information concerning the working of state gov- ernment ...
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... officers of the federal government , that is , with Congress , the President , or the Supreme Court , according to the nature of the case ; but ultimately the decision must depend for its validity upon the consent of the people of the ...
... officers of the federal government , that is , with Congress , the President , or the Supreme Court , according to the nature of the case ; but ultimately the decision must depend for its validity upon the consent of the people of the ...
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... officers of the states are required to take oath or make affirmation to support the Constitution of the United States.3 The people of the several states are subject to the sovereignty of the people of the nation , but the people of each ...
... officers of the states are required to take oath or make affirmation to support the Constitution of the United States.3 The people of the several states are subject to the sovereignty of the people of the nation , but the people of each ...
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... officers of the militia and supervise their training according to the discipline prescribed by Congress , but Congress may of course establish a federal army of its own wholly inde- pendent of the state militia . With these exceptions ...
... officers of the militia and supervise their training according to the discipline prescribed by Congress , but Congress may of course establish a federal army of its own wholly inde- pendent of the state militia . With these exceptions ...
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... officers of the militia and supervise their training according to the discipline prescribed by Congress , but Congress may of course establish a federal army of its own wholly inde- pendent of the state militia . With these exceptions ...
... officers of the militia and supervise their training according to the discipline prescribed by Congress , but Congress may of course establish a federal army of its own wholly inde- pendent of the state militia . With these exceptions ...
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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...