The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Miscellaneous: 4. Parliamentary manual; 5. The anas; 6. Miscellaneous papersTaylor & Maury, 1854 |
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... side of the question , & c . Mem . in Hawk . - 3 Smyth's Comw , L. 2. c . 3 ; nor to digress from the matter to fall upon the person . - Scob . 31 ; Hale , Parl . 133 ; 2 Hats . 166 , by speaking , reviling , nipping , or unmannerly ...
... side of the question , & c . Mem . in Hawk . - 3 Smyth's Comw , L. 2. c . 3 ; nor to digress from the matter to fall upon the person . - Scob . 31 ; Hale , Parl . 133 ; 2 Hats . 166 , by speaking , reviling , nipping , or unmannerly ...
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... side of the House to defeat a proposition by hastily moving the previous question , and thus forcing the main question to be put amended ? or to put it in the power of the other side to force on , incidentally at least , a discussion ...
... side of the House to defeat a proposition by hastily moving the previous question , and thus forcing the main question to be put amended ? or to put it in the power of the other side to force on , incidentally at least , a discussion ...
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... side . But the question is not com- pletely put when the vote has been taken on the first member only . One half of the question , both affirmative and negative , still remains to be put . - See Executive Journ . , June 25 , 1795 . The ...
... side . But the question is not com- pletely put when the vote has been taken on the first member only . One half of the question , both affirmative and negative , still remains to be put . - See Executive Journ . , June 25 , 1795 . The ...
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... side . After the Speaker has put the affirmative part of the question , any member who has not spoken before the question , may rise and speak before the negative be put . Because it is no full ques- tion till the negative part be put ...
... side . After the Speaker has put the affirmative part of the question , any member who has not spoken before the question , may rise and speak before the negative be put . Because it is no full ques- tion till the negative part be put ...
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... side relies , and which of these appear to have influence with the House ; they have had time to meet them with new arguments , and to put their old ones into new shapes . The former vote has tried the strength of the first opinion ...
... side relies , and which of these appear to have influence with the House ; they have had time to meet them with new arguments , and to put their old ones into new shapes . The former vote has tried the strength of the first opinion ...
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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.