Universal Classics Library, Volume 12Dunn, 1901 - Literature |
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... requiring only two - thirds of Senators present . No. LXXVI . - THE APPOINTING POWER OF THE EXECUTIVE • This an excellent feature - This power cannot be exer- cised by the people at large - It will cause a livelier sense of duty in the ...
... requiring only two - thirds of Senators present . No. LXXVI . - THE APPOINTING POWER OF THE EXECUTIVE • This an excellent feature - This power cannot be exer- cised by the people at large - It will cause a livelier sense of duty in the ...
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... requiring good behavior as the tenure . No. LXXIX . THE JUDICIARY CONTINUED A fixed provision for the support of the judiciary neces- sary to their independence -Responsibility of the judiciary -Judges liable to impeachment Cannot be ...
... requiring good behavior as the tenure . No. LXXIX . THE JUDICIARY CONTINUED A fixed provision for the support of the judiciary neces- sary to their independence -Responsibility of the judiciary -Judges liable to impeachment Cannot be ...
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... require a continued attention , and a train of measures , may be justly and effectually answerable for the attainment of those objects . Thus far I have considered the circumstances which point out the necessity of a well - constructed ...
... require a continued attention , and a train of measures , may be justly and effectually answerable for the attainment of those objects . Thus far I have considered the circumstances which point out the necessity of a well - constructed ...
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... require the control of such an institution . The people can never wilfully betray their own interests ; but they may possibly be betrayed by the representatives of the people ; and the danger will be evidently greater where the whole ...
... require the control of such an institution . The people can never wilfully betray their own interests ; but they may possibly be betrayed by the representatives of the people ; and the danger will be evidently greater where the whole ...
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necessarily be inadequate to the attainment of those great objects , which require to be steadily contemplated in all their relations and circumstances , and which can only be approached and achieved by measures which not only talents ...
necessarily be inadequate to the attainment of those great objects , which require to be steadily contemplated in all their relations and circumstances , and which can only be approached and achieved by measures which not only talents ...
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Page 189 - To establish post offices and post roads; To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries; To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court; To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and...
Page 206 - ... on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President ; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice President of the United States.
Page 180 - ... administered by one of the judges of the supreme or superior court of the State where the cause shall be tried, " well and truly to hear and determine the matter in question, according to the best of his judgment, without favor, affection or hope of reward:" provided also that no State shall be deprived of territory for the benefit of the United States.
Page 193 - No person except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.
Page 200 - It is obviously impracticable, in the Federal Government of these States, to secure all rights of independent sovereignty to each, and yet provide for the interest and safety of all. Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
Page 187 - No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen. The Vice-President of the United States shall be president of the senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided.
Page 184 - AND WHEREAS it hath pleased the Great Governor of the World to incline the hearts of the legislatures we respectively represent in congress, to approve of, and to authorize us to ratify the said articles of confederation and perpetual union.
Page 182 - State, which requisition shall be binding ; and thereupon the legislature of each State shall appoint the regimental officers, raise the men, and clothe, arm, and equip them in a soldier-like manner at the expense of the United States ; and the officers and men so clothed, armed, and equipped shall march to the place appointed, and within the time agreed on by the United States, in Congress assembled...
Page 187 - SECT. 4. The times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives shall be prescribed in each State by the legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing senators.
Page 199 - That it is the opinion of this convention, that as soon as the conventions of nine States shall have ratified this Constitution, the United States in Congress assembled should fix a day on which electors should be appointed by the States which shall have ratified the same...