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... means of acquiring that information essential to full and strong citizenship never has been available in practical and simple form to the mass of the people or to teachers . There are many great works on the Constitu- tion of the United ...
... means of acquiring that information essential to full and strong citizenship never has been available in practical and simple form to the mass of the people or to teachers . There are many great works on the Constitu- tion of the United ...
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... means of giving them immediate effect he would become as dangerous as he ever was to the safety of the government and to the rights and liberties of the people . " In questions of power , then , " wrote Jefferson , " let no more be ...
... means of giving them immediate effect he would become as dangerous as he ever was to the safety of the government and to the rights and liberties of the people . " In questions of power , then , " wrote Jefferson , " let no more be ...
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... means of ac- quiring that knowledge which , as a citizen , he should first of all possess . CHICAGO , February , 1922 . THOMAS JAMES NORTON . THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL THEORY " THE question whether an act xiv Preface.
... means of ac- quiring that knowledge which , as a citizen , he should first of all possess . CHICAGO , February , 1922 . THOMAS JAMES NORTON . THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL THEORY " THE question whether an act xiv Preface.
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... means all the money that it needed for " the common defence . " The States as such were not concerned except in providing militia , a subject to be noticed later . So it had been in the War of 1812 , in the Mexican War , in the Civil ...
... means all the money that it needed for " the common defence . " The States as such were not concerned except in providing militia , a subject to be noticed later . So it had been in the War of 1812 , in the Mexican War , in the Civil ...
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... means that none of the imprisonments , confis- cations of property , or degradations of name and family , common under European law , should be known to our system of government . Any law of Congress prescribing punishments Its Sources ...
... means that none of the imprisonments , confis- cations of property , or degradations of name and family , common under European law , should be known to our system of government . Any law of Congress prescribing punishments Its Sources ...
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Page 147 - The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times, and under all circumstances. No doctrine, involving more pernicious consequences, was ever invented by the wit of man, than that any of its provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of government.
Page 229 - When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies : Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointment until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.
Page 34 - Congress by less than two nor by more than seven members; and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years; nor shall any person, being a delegate, be capable of holding any office under the United States for which he, or another for his benefit, receives any salary, fees, or emolument of any kind.
Page 194 - The conventions of a number of the states having, at the time of their adopting the constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added...
Page 60 - But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold and his wife* and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
Page ii - This Government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upon full investigation and mature deliberation, completely free in its principles, in the distribution of its powers, uniting security with energy, and containing within itself a provision for its own amendment, has a just claim to your confidence and your support.
Page 4 - The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the legislatures of the several States within the time agreed upon by the United States in Congress assembled.
Page xvi - If an act of the Legislature repugnant to the Constitution is void, does it, notwithstanding its invalidity, bind the courts and oblige them to give it effect? Or, in other words, though it be not law, does it constitute a rule as operative as if it was a law ? This would be to overthrow in fact what was established in theory, and would seem, at first view, an absurdity too gross to be insisted on.
Page 201 - Time works changes, brings into existence new conditions and purposes. Therefore a principle to be vital must be capable of wider application than the mischief which gave it birth.
Page 77 - States, excepting regimental officers; appointing all the officers of the naval forces, and commissioning all officers whatever in the service of the United States; making rules for the government and regulation of the said land and naval forces, and directing their operations.