Trial of Andrew Johnson: Opinions and appendixU.S. Government Printing Office, 1868 |
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... month thereafter , subject to removal by and with the advice and consent of the Senate . What is a fair and legal construction of this section ? First . That the tenure of civil offices generally should be left as in the original bill ...
... month thereafter , subject to removal by and with the advice and consent of the Senate . What is a fair and legal construction of this section ? First . That the tenure of civil offices generally should be left as in the original bill ...
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... months . it , A grave question might arise whether this act is constitutional ; whether the head of a department is an officer whose appointment even for a time might be delegated to the President alone during the session of the Senate ...
... months . it , A grave question might arise whether this act is constitutional ; whether the head of a department is an officer whose appointment even for a time might be delegated to the President alone during the session of the Senate ...
Strana 19
... month thereafter , subject to removal by and with the advice and consent of the Senate . In considering how far these provisions apply to the case of Mr. Stanton , the state of existing facts must be carefully borne in mind . Mr ...
... month thereafter , subject to removal by and with the advice and consent of the Senate . In considering how far these provisions apply to the case of Mr. Stanton , the state of existing facts must be carefully borne in mind . Mr ...
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... month after " the expiration of the term of the President by whom they have been appointed " expire ? A President without a term of office would , under our system , be a singular anomaly , and yet to such a result does this argument ...
... month after " the expiration of the term of the President by whom they have been appointed " expire ? A President without a term of office would , under our system , be a singular anomaly , and yet to such a result does this argument ...
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... month after the expiration of the term for which such preceding President was elected ? Such would be the consequence of giving to the word term " any other meaning than the term of actual service . It must be evident , therefore , that ...
... month after the expiration of the term for which such preceding President was elected ? Such would be the consequence of giving to the word term " any other meaning than the term of actual service . It must be evident , therefore , that ...
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Strana 76 - The liberty of the press is, indeed, essential to the nature of a free state ; but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications ; and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter when published. Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public : to forbid this is to destroy the freedom of the press : but if he publishes what is improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequence of his own temerity.
Strana 329 - Provided, That the secretaries of State, of the Treasury, of War, of the Navy, and of the Interior, the Postmaster-General, and the Attorney-General, shall hold their offices respectively for and during the term of the President by whom they may have been appointed and for one month thereafter, subject to removal by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Strana 336 - ... Congress of the United States, and the several branches thereof, to impair and destroy the regard and respect of all the good people of the United States for the Congress and legislative...
Strana 324 - That under the Constitution and laws of the United States the President has no power to remove the Secretary of War and designate any other officer to perform the duties of that office ad interim.
Strana 160 - That every person holding any civil office to which he has been appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and every person who shall hereafter be appointed to any such office, and shall become duly qualified to act therein, is, and shall be, entitled to hold such office until a successor shall have been in like manner appointed and duly qualified, except as herein otherwise provided...
Strana 327 - War, and that there shall be a principal officer therein, to be called the Secretary for the Department of War, who shall perform and execute such duties as shall from time to time be enjoined on, or entrusted to him by the President of the United States...
Strana 260 - The law as it passed is the will of the majority of both Houses, and the only mode in which that will is spoken is in the act itself ; and we must gather their intention from the language there used, comparing it when any ambiguity exists with the laws upon the same subject, and looking; if necessary to the public history of the times in which it was passed.
Strana 168 - States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States...
Strana 115 - ... whenever the said principal officer shall be removed from office by the President of the United States...
Strana 353 - ... him for the good and benefit of the people, and for the preservation of their rights and liberties; yet, nevertheless, out of a wicked design to erect and uphold in himself an unlimited and tyrannical power to rule according to his will, and to overthrow the rights and liberties of the people, yea, to take away and make void the foundations thereof, and of all redress and remedy of misgovernment, which by the fundamental constitutions of this kingdom were reserved on the people's behalf in the...