The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Miscellaneous: 4. Parliamentary manual; 5. The anas; 6. Miscellaneous papersTaylor & Maury, 1854 |
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... desired or expected . Yet I am far from the presumption of believing , that I may not have mistaken the parliamentary practice in some cases ; and especially in those minor forms , which , being practised daily , are supposed known to ...
... desired or expected . Yet I am far from the presumption of believing , that I may not have mistaken the parliamentary practice in some cases ; and especially in those minor forms , which , being practised daily , are supposed known to ...
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... desired is never considered by us , for we are bound to consider nothing but what is usual . Matters of form are essential to government , and ' tis of consequence to be in the right . All the reason for forms is custom , and the law of ...
... desired is never considered by us , for we are bound to consider nothing but what is usual . Matters of form are essential to government , and ' tis of consequence to be in the right . All the reason for forms is custom , and the law of ...
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... desired by the President or any member , delivered in at the table , and read by the President before the same shall be debated . — Rule 7 . It might be asked , whether a motion for adjournment , or for the orders of the day , can be ...
... desired by the President or any member , delivered in at the table , and read by the President before the same shall be debated . — Rule 7 . It might be asked , whether a motion for adjournment , or for the orders of the day , can be ...
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... desired , is then to be divided , and put first on striking out . If carried , it is next on inserting the words proposed . If that be lost , it may be moved to insert others . - 2 Hats . 80 , 7 . A motion is made to amend by striking ...
... desired , is then to be divided , and put first on striking out . If carried , it is next on inserting the words proposed . If that be lost , it may be moved to insert others . - 2 Hats . 80 , 7 . A motion is made to amend by striking ...
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... desired . A bill passed by the one House , with blanks . These may be filled up by the other , by way of amendments , returned to the first , as such , and passed . - 3 Hats . 83 . The number prefixed to the section of a bill being ...
... desired . A bill passed by the one House , with blanks . These may be filled up by the other , by way of amendments , returned to the first , as such , and passed . - 3 Hats . 83 . The number prefixed to the section of a bill being ...
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Seite 469 - ... where powers are assumed which have not been delegated, a nullification of the act is the rightful remedy...
Seite 471 - States (not merely in cases made federal) but in all cases whatsoever, by laws made, not with their consent, but by others against their consent: That this would be to surrender the form of government we have chosen, and to live under one deriving its powers from its own will, and not from our authority...
Seite 81 - And also to except those subjects of legislation in which it gave a participation to the House of Representatives. This last exception is denied by some on the ground that it would leave very little matter for the treaty power to work on. The less the better, say others.
Seite 74 - House have by their messenger sent certain bills," and then reads their titles, and delivers them to the Clerk, to be safely kept till they shall be called for to be read.
Seite 55 - ... successively on the longest. Otherwise it would be in the power of the mover, by inserting originally a short time, to preclude the possibility of a longer; for till the short time is struck out, you cannot...
Seite 16 - And in case a less number than a quorum of the Senate shall convene, they are hereby authorized to send the Sergeant-at-Arms, or any other person or persons by them authorized, for any or all absent members, as the majority of such members present shall agree, at the expense of such absent members, respectively, unless such excuse for nonattendance shall be...
Seite 64 - Hats., 145, note. But in both Houses of Congress all these intricacies are avoided. The ayes first rise, and are counted standing in their places by the President or Speaker. Then they sit, and the noes rise and are counted in like manner. In Senate, if they be equally divided, the Vice-President announces his opinion, which decides.
Seite 466 - ... thereby guarding in the same sentence, and under the same words, the freedom of religion, of speech, and of the press, insomuch, that whatever violates either, throws down the sanctuary which covers the others, and that libels, falsehoods, and defamation, equally with heresy and false religion, are withheld from the cognizance of federal tribunals.
Seite 252 - For this reason that convention, which passed the ordinance of government, laid its foundation on this basis, that the legislative, executive and judiciary departments should be separate and distinct, so that no person should exercise the powers of more than one of them at the same time.
Seite 9 - ... arrest. 4. The court before which the process is returnable is bound to act as in other cases of unauthorized proceeding, and liable, also, as in other similar cases, to have their proceedings stayed or corrected by the superior courts.