A Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States: Containing a Brief Commentary on Every Clause, Explaining the True Nature, Reasons, and Objects Thereof; Designed for the Use of School Libraries and General Readers |
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Strana 26
Delegates were accordingly chosen in the various Colonies , some by the
legislative body , some by the popular representative branch thereof , and some
by conventions of the people , according to the several means and local
circumstances ...
Delegates were accordingly chosen in the various Colonies , some by the
legislative body , some by the popular representative branch thereof , and some
by conventions of the people , according to the several means and local
circumstances ...
Strana 43
... would be more burdensome to a State like New Jersey , than the necessity of
keep ing up a large body of troops , to protect itself against the encroachments of
the neighboring States of Pennsylvania and New York ? The same military force
...
... would be more burdensome to a State like New Jersey , than the necessity of
keep ing up a large body of troops , to protect itself against the encroachments of
the neighboring States of Pennsylvania and New York ? The same military force
...
Strana 47
Whenever they are all vested in one person or body of men , the government is in
fact a despotism , by whatever name it may be called , whether a monarchy , or
an aristocracy , or a democracy . When , therefore , the Convention , which ...
Whenever they are all vested in one person or body of men , the government is in
fact a despotism , by whatever name it may be called , whether a monarchy , or
an aristocracy , or a democracy . When , therefore , the Convention , which ...
Strana 49
Under the Confederation , the whole legislative power of the Union was confided
to a single branch ; and , limited as that power was , this concentration of it , in a
single body , was deemed a prominent defect . The Constitution , on the other ...
Under the Confederation , the whole legislative power of the Union was confided
to a single branch ; and , limited as that power was , this concentration of it , in a
single body , was deemed a prominent defect . The Constitution , on the other ...
Strana 50
erly organized , embrace the same sectional or local interests , or influences , in
exactly the same proportion , as a single body . The value of such a separate
organization will , of course , be greatly enhanced , the more the elements , of
which ...
erly organized , embrace the same sectional or local interests , or influences , in
exactly the same proportion , as a single body . The value of such a separate
organization will , of course , be greatly enhanced , the more the elements , of
which ...
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Strana 300 - 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 the said crimes shall have been committed ; but when not committed within any State, the trial shall be at such place, or places, as the Congress may by law have directed.
Strana 282 - When land forces are raised by any state for the common defence, all officers of or under the rank of colonel shall be appointed by the legislature of each state respectively, by whom such forces shall be raised, or in such manner as such state shall direct ; and all vacancies shall be filled up by the state which first made the appointment.
Strana 316 - If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
Strana 309 - ... it is of infinite moment, that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union, to your collective and individual happiness...
Strana 294 - 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.
Strana 287 - Journal of their proceedings monthly, except such parts thereof relating to treaties, alliances or military operations, as in their judgment require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of the delegates of each state on any question shall be entered on the Journal, when it is desired by any delegate; and the delegates of a state, or any of them...
Strana 281 - No State shall lay any imposts or duties which may interfere with any stipulations in treaties entered into by the United States in Congress assembled, with any king, prince or State, in pursuance of any treaties already proposed by Congress to the courts of France and Spain.
Strana 282 - ... united states in congress assembled can be consulted nor shall any state grant commissions to any ships or vessels of war, nor letters of marque or reprisal, except it be after a declaration of war by the united states in congress assembled, and then only against the kingdom or state and the subjects thereof, against which...
Strana 300 - Treason against the United 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 281 - Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court, or place out of Congress...
Bibliografické údaje
| Titul | A Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States: Containing a Brief Commentary on Every Clause, Explaining the True Nature, Reasons, and Objects Thereof; Designed for the Use of School Libraries and General Readers Legal classics library |
| Autor | Joseph Story |
| Vydavatel | Harper & Brothers, 1865 |
| Zdroj originálu: | Kalifornská univerzita |
| Digitalizováno | 21. listopad 2007 |
| Délka | Počet stran: 372 |
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