The Constitutional Text-book: A Practical and Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States, and of Portions of the Public and Administrative Law of the Federal Government : Designed Chiefly for the Use of Schools, Academies, and CollegesSower, Barnes & Potts, 1855 - 324 Seiten |
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... means of defending themselves in case of a war with France , which was then likely to occur . § 20. When England began to oppress the colonies , they were thus naturally led again to form a union for their common protection . In 1765 ...
... means of defending themselves in case of a war with France , which was then likely to occur . § 20. When England began to oppress the colonies , they were thus naturally led again to form a union for their common protection . In 1765 ...
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... mean time she had zealously united with the other States in the prose- cution of the war . The ratification of the articles was , therefore , completed March 1 , 1781 , and , on the second day of March , 1781 , Congress assembled under ...
... mean time she had zealously united with the other States in the prose- cution of the war . The ratification of the articles was , therefore , completed March 1 , 1781 , and , on the second day of March , 1781 , Congress assembled under ...
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... means of enforcing its laws upon the States , and the States disregarded the recommendations of Con- gress with impunity . The Congress had no power to lay taxes or collect a revenue for the public service ; nor could it regulate ...
... means of enforcing its laws upon the States , and the States disregarded the recommendations of Con- gress with impunity . The Congress had no power to lay taxes or collect a revenue for the public service ; nor could it regulate ...
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... mean time , those States had been regarded , in many respecte , as foreign States . § 53. The following are the dates of the ratifica- tion of the Constitution by each of the original thirteen 22 CONSTITUTIONAL TEXT - BOOK . The ...
... mean time , those States had been regarded , in many respecte , as foreign States . § 53. The following are the dates of the ratifica- tion of the Constitution by each of the original thirteen 22 CONSTITUTIONAL TEXT - BOOK . The ...
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... means the Senate and House of Representatives , and does not include the President . § 67. The advantages of vesting the legislative powers in two branches are chiefly the following . It is more apt to check hasty legislation and ...
... means the Senate and House of Representatives , and does not include the President . § 67. The advantages of vesting the legislative powers in two branches are chiefly the following . It is more apt to check hasty legislation and ...
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Seite 277 - ... ..of establishing rules for deciding in all cases, what captures on land or water shall be legal, and in what manner prizes taken by land or naval forces in the service of the United States shall be divided or appropriated.. ..of granting letters of marque and reprisal in times of peace... .appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas...
Seite 40 - ... 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.
Seite 93 - No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time ; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.
Seite 285 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned...
Seite 42 - The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion, and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive...
Seite 71 - When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies. The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers ; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.
Seite 290 - This Spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind.
Seite 276 - Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court, or place out of Congress...
Seite 28 - Trust or Profit under the United States : but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.
Seite 280 - ... states, or any of them, nor emit bills, nor borrow money on the credit of the united states, nor appropriate money, nor agree upon the number of vessels of war, to be built or purchased, or the number of land or sea forces to be raised, nor appoint a commander in chief of the army or navy, unless nine states assent to the same...