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 ReadersAmerican Book Company, 1840 - 372 Seiten |
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... rule exists . The Crown has the sole and exclusive right to abrogate the existing laws , and to prescribe , what new laws shall prevail there ; although , until the pleasure of the Crown is made known , the former laws are deemed to ...
... rule exists . The Crown has the sole and exclusive right to abrogate the existing laws , and to prescribe , what new laws shall prevail there ; although , until the pleasure of the Crown is made known , the former laws are deemed to ...
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... rules to regulate their proceedings . The most important rule then adopted was , that each Colony should have one vote only in Congress , whatever might be the number of its delegates ; and this became the establish- ed course ...
... rules to regulate their proceedings . The most important rule then adopted was , that each Colony should have one vote only in Congress , whatever might be the number of its delegates ; and this became the establish- ed course ...
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... rule , the exercise of the legislative power by two distinct and independent branches . The advantages of this division are , in the first place , that it interposes a great check upon undue , hasty , and oppressive legislation . In the ...
... rule , the exercise of the legislative power by two distinct and independent branches . The advantages of this division are , in the first place , that it interposes a great check upon undue , hasty , and oppressive legislation . In the ...
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... rule of voting , which should be acceptable to all the States , induced the Convention , finally , after much dis- ussion , to adopt the existing rule in the choice of Repre sentatives in the popular branch of the State legislatures ...
... rule of voting , which should be acceptable to all the States , induced the Convention , finally , after much dis- ussion , to adopt the existing rule in the choice of Repre sentatives in the popular branch of the State legislatures ...
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... rule laid down by the Constitution , and not a strict compliance with the rule . The fraction in one State may be ten times as great , as that in another ; and so may differ in each State in any assignable mathematical pro- port . on ...
... rule laid down by the Constitution , and not a strict compliance with the rule . The fraction in one State may be ten times as great , as that in another ; and so may differ in each State in any assignable mathematical pro- port . on ...
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