Illustrative Cases on Constitutional LawWest Publishing Company, 1914 - 508 páginas |
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... respect to persons , and do equal right to the poor and to the rich ; and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties incumbent on me as - , according to the best of ny abilities and understanding , agreeably to the ...
... respect to persons , and do equal right to the poor and to the rich ; and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties incumbent on me as - , according to the best of ny abilities and understanding , agreeably to the ...
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... respect . In most of them , and especially the later ones , the subject is very ably discussed , and they are a manifest triumph of reason and law over a strong conviction in the minds of the judges that the system they sustain was ...
... respect . In most of them , and especially the later ones , the subject is very ably discussed , and they are a manifest triumph of reason and law over a strong conviction in the minds of the judges that the system they sustain was ...
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... respect cease to be a check on the legislature , if the legislature could at pleasure re- vise or alter any of the judgments of the judiciary . * * * * [ The law was held also to violate a constitutional prohibition against re ...
... respect cease to be a check on the legislature , if the legislature could at pleasure re- vise or alter any of the judgments of the judiciary . * * * * [ The law was held also to violate a constitutional prohibition against re ...
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... respect of any act or proceeding had or to be had in such court . Third . Misbehavior of an officer of the court in his official character . Fourth . Disobedience or resistance of an officer of the court , juror or wit- ness to any ...
... respect of any act or proceeding had or to be had in such court . Third . Misbehavior of an officer of the court in his official character . Fourth . Disobedience or resistance of an officer of the court , juror or wit- ness to any ...
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... respect and obedience as is necessary to their vigor and efficiency . * * It was contended by counsel for plaintiff in error that , inasmuch as the act of 1897-98 merely transferred the punishment of con- tempts from the court to a jury ...
... respect and obedience as is necessary to their vigor and efficiency . * * It was contended by counsel for plaintiff in error that , inasmuch as the act of 1897-98 merely transferred the punishment of con- tempts from the court to a jury ...
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Página 139 - ... resulting in whole or in part from the negligence of any of the officers, agents, or employees of such carrier, or by reason of any defect or insufficiency, due to its negligence, in its cars, engines, appliances, machinery, track, roadbed, works, boats, wharves, or other equipment.
Página 292 - The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.
Página 67 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Página 243 - And in order to ascertain that value, the original cost of construction, the amount expended in permanent improvements, the amount and market value of its bonds and stock, the present as compared with the original cost of construction, the probable earning capacity of the property under particular rates prescribed by statute, and the sum required to meet operating 139 expenses, are all matters for consideration, and are to be given such weight as may be just and right in each case.
Página 500 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder, or ex post facto law, shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Página 500 - To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offences against the law of nations: 11. To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water: 12. To raise and support armies; but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years: 13. To provide and maintain a navy 14.
Página 244 - What the company is entitled to demand, in order that it may have just compensation, is a fair return upon the reasonable value of the property at the time it is being used for the public.
Página 500 - States: 3. To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes: 4. To establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States: 5. To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures: 6. To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States: 7.
Página 113 - If, as has always been understood, the sovereignty of congress, though limited to specified objects, is plenary as to those objects, the power over commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, is vested in congress as absolutely as it would be in a single government, having in its constitution the same restrictions on the exercise of the power as are found in the constitution of the United States.
Página 499 - 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 Secrecy; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.