American Government and PoliticsMacmillan, 1910 - 772 páginas |
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... CONSTITUTION IV . THE EVOLUTION OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION . V. THE EVOLUTION OF STATE CONSTITUTIONS VI . THE EVOLUTION OF POLITICAL ISSUES IN THE UNITED STATES VII . THE DEVELOPMENT OF PARTY MACHINERY PART II • · THE FEDERAL ...
... CONSTITUTION IV . THE EVOLUTION OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION . V. THE EVOLUTION OF STATE CONSTITUTIONS VI . THE EVOLUTION OF POLITICAL ISSUES IN THE UNITED STATES VII . THE DEVELOPMENT OF PARTY MACHINERY PART II • · THE FEDERAL ...
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... constitution of that commonwealth until 1818 ; and the charter of the neighboring state of Rhode Island , granted in 1663 , remained in force as the fundamental law until 1842. The distribution of representation , the suffrage , the ...
... constitution of that commonwealth until 1818 ; and the charter of the neighboring state of Rhode Island , granted in 1663 , remained in force as the fundamental law until 1842. The distribution of representation , the suffrage , the ...
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... constitution designed to serve until " an accommodation of the unhappy differences between Great Britain and America " could be ob- tained . Neither of these instruments was submitted for popu- lar ratification , and neither was a state ...
... constitution designed to serve until " an accommodation of the unhappy differences between Great Britain and America " could be ob- tained . Neither of these instruments was submitted for popu- lar ratification , and neither was a state ...
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... constitution , and from that time forward he labored with remarkable zeal and wisdom to extend and popu- larize the ... Constitution in Professor Lawrence Evans ' Writings of Washington ( 1908 ) . want to raise any unnecessary alarm ...
... constitution , and from that time forward he labored with remarkable zeal and wisdom to extend and popu- larize the ... Constitution in Professor Lawrence Evans ' Writings of Washington ( 1908 ) . want to raise any unnecessary alarm ...
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... Constitution that it secured the rights of the minority against " the superior force of an interested and overbearing majority . " 1 Drafting a National Constitution The convention had not proceeded very far in the considera- tion of ...
... Constitution that it secured the rights of the minority against " the superior force of an interested and overbearing majority . " 1 Drafting a National Constitution The convention had not proceeded very far in the considera- tion of ...
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Página 700 - A landed interest, a manufacturing interest, a mercantile interest, a moneyed interest, with many lesser interests, grow up of necessity in civilized nations, and divide them into different classes actuated by different sentiments and views.
Página 321 - International law is part of our law, and must be ascertained and administered by the courts of justice of appropriate jurisdiction, as often as questions of right depending upon it are duly presented for their determination.
Página 159 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Página 295 - ... the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the Government, upon vital questions affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Página 313 - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world...
Página 704 - ... multiplied by the number of his shares of stock shall equal, or to distribute them on the same principle among as many candidates as he shall think fit; and such directors or managers shall not be elected in any other manner.
Página 47 - The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to a uniformity, of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.
Página 62 - They would contain various exceptions to powers not granted; and, on this very account, would afford a colorable pretext to claim more than were granted. For why declare that things shall not be done which there is no power to do?
Página 724 - The Legislature shall provide for the maintenance and support of a system of free common schools, wherein all the children of this State may be educated.
Página 276 - The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.