The Constitutional Review, Svazek 2National Association for Constitutional Government, 1918 Includes section "Book reviews". |
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... decision since the " Legal Tender Cases " has attracted such general attention , and probably none since the " Dred Scott Case " has been so widely condemned . It is the one case which every soap - box orator , fulminating against the ...
... decision since the " Legal Tender Cases " has attracted such general attention , and probably none since the " Dred Scott Case " has been so widely condemned . It is the one case which every soap - box orator , fulminating against the ...
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... decisions , or the referendum . Before these innovations have been given an adequate trial by the states , it is pro- posed to adopt them for the national government . Most of the proposed amendments die in the committees to which they ...
... decisions , or the referendum . Before these innovations have been given an adequate trial by the states , it is pro- posed to adopt them for the national government . Most of the proposed amendments die in the committees to which they ...
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... decision in Chisholm vs. Georgia , that a state might be sued in a federal court by a citizen of another state . Again , the deadlock in the presi- dential election of 1800 led to numer- ous proposals to change the mode of selecting the ...
... decision in Chisholm vs. Georgia , that a state might be sued in a federal court by a citizen of another state . Again , the deadlock in the presi- dential election of 1800 led to numer- ous proposals to change the mode of selecting the ...
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... decisions have developed an unequalled system of constitutional law . It is not true , as is often asserted , successors have strained the Constitu- tion and wrested it from its original character and made a new constitution . The ...
... decisions have developed an unequalled system of constitutional law . It is not true , as is often asserted , successors have strained the Constitu- tion and wrested it from its original character and made a new constitution . The ...
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... decision in the " In- come Tax Case , " which , in normal times , is as promptly as could be ex- pected . Even the Spanish War did not so embarrass the government as to make the need of an income tax seem urgent . Great nations think ...
... decision in the " In- come Tax Case , " which , in normal times , is as promptly as could be ex- pected . Even the Spanish War did not so embarrass the government as to make the need of an income tax seem urgent . Great nations think ...
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Strana 83 - XVIII [SECTION 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited. SECTION 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Strana 83 - Section 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. Section 3. This article shall be Inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several states, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
Strana 176 - A Declaration of Rights made by the Representatives of the good People of Virginia, assembled in full and free Convention, which rights do pertain to them and their Posterity, as the basis and foundation of Government. 1. That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights...
Strana 176 - ... government is, or ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community; of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety, and is most effectually secured against the danger of maladministration; and...
Strana 176 - That elections of members to serve as representatives of the people in assembly, ought to be free ; and that all men having sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with, and attachment to the community, have the right of suffrage...
Strana 240 - States is at war, shall willfully utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States...
Strana 177 - That all power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority without consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious to their rights, and ought not to be exercised.
Strana 174 - That no free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.
Strana 177 - That the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments. 13. That a well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defence of a free State; that standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided, as dangerous to liberty ; and that in all cases the military should be under...
Strana 176 - ... the members of the two first may be restrained from oppression, by feeling and participating the burthens of the people, they should at fixed periods, be reduced to a private station, return into that body from which they were originally taken, and the vacancies be supplied by frequent, certain, and regular elections, in which all, or any part of the former members, to be again eligible, or ineligible, as the laws shall direct.