American Government and PoliticsMacmillan Company, 1914 - Počet stran: 788 |
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... according to the tax list , only one in fifty possessed the suffrage . In conclusion , Dr. McKinley says : " In New York City in the elections of 1735 , 1761 , and 1769 , the actual voters num- bered about eight per cent of the ...
... according to the tax list , only one in fifty possessed the suffrage . In conclusion , Dr. McKinley says : " In New York City in the elections of 1735 , 1761 , and 1769 , the actual voters num- bered about eight per cent of the ...
Strana 36
... according to the value of lands , buildings , and improve- 1 For Madison's concise summary , see Readings , p . 38 . 2 Congress determined the amount to be raised , and each levy was to be supplied by the several states in proportion to ...
... according to the value of lands , buildings , and improve- 1 For Madison's concise summary , see Readings , p . 38 . 2 Congress determined the amount to be raised , and each levy was to be supplied by the several states in proportion to ...
Strana 48
... According to the equal laws of suffrage , the power will slide into the hands of the former . No agrarian attempts have yet been made in this country , but symptoms of a levelling spirit , as we have understood , have sufficiently ...
... According to the equal laws of suffrage , the power will slide into the hands of the former . No agrarian attempts have yet been made in this country , but symptoms of a levelling spirit , as we have understood , have sufficiently ...
Strana 50
... according to their instructions , they were assembled to amend . On May 30 , 1787 , five days after the opening of the convention , a resolution was adopted in the Com- mittee of the Whole , " that a national government ought to be ...
... according to their instructions , they were assembled to amend . On May 30 , 1787 , five days after the opening of the convention , a resolution was adopted in the Com- mittee of the Whole , " that a national government ought to be ...
Strana 54
... according to Hamilton , was the want of a central judiciary . The old Congress had no authority to organize courts of general jurisdiction , although it could act as a tribunal of " last resort on appeal in all 2 Elliot's Debates , Vol ...
... according to Hamilton , was the want of a central judiciary . The old Congress had no authority to organize courts of general jurisdiction , although it could act as a tribunal of " last resort on appeal in all 2 Elliot's Debates , Vol ...
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Strana 753 - ... Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature. [2] No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty-five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen. [3] Representatives and direct Taxes...
Strana 760 - Party, the Supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make. (3) The Trial of all Crimes, except in Cases of Impeachment, shall be by Jury; and such Trial shall be held in the State where...
Strana 722 - 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.
Strana 760 - 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. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion, and on application of the Legislature, or of the Executive...
Strana 339 - 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.
Strana 760 - States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Strana 313 - ... 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.
Strana 765 - ... 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.
Strana 49 - 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.
Strana 759 - United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law ; but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of Departments.