Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States, Before the Adoption of the Constitution, Volume 1 |
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... whole subject ; and of impressing upon Americans a reverential attachment to the Constitution , as in the highest sense the palladium of American liberty . January , 1833 . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE ABRIDGMENT . THE present work is an ...
... whole subject ; and of impressing upon Americans a reverential attachment to the Constitution , as in the highest sense the palladium of American liberty . January , 1833 . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE ABRIDGMENT . THE present work is an ...
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... whole number of free persons , including those bound to service for a term of years , and excluding Indians not taxed , three - fifths of all other persons . The actual enumeration shall be made within three years after the first ...
... whole number of free persons , including those bound to service for a term of years , and excluding Indians not taxed , three - fifths of all other persons . The actual enumeration shall be made within three years after the first ...
Page xxiv
... whole number of senators and representatives to which the state may be entitled in the congress : but no senator or representative , or person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States , shall be appointed an elector ...
... whole number of senators and representatives to which the state may be entitled in the congress : but no senator or representative , or person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States , shall be appointed an elector ...
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... whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have such majority , then from the persons having the highest numbers , not exceeding three , on the list of those voted for as president , the house of representatives shall choose ...
... whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have such majority , then from the persons having the highest numbers , not exceeding three , on the list of those voted for as president , the house of representatives shall choose ...
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... whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority , then from the two highest num- bers on the list , the senate shall choose the vice - president : a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two - thirds of the whole ...
... whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority , then from the two highest num- bers on the list , the senate shall choose the vice - president : a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two - thirds of the whole ...
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Page xxxv - ... 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.
Page 360 - Commerce, undoubtedly, is traffic, but it is something more, — it is intercourse. It describes the commercial intercourse between nations and parts of nations in all its branches, and is regulated by prescribing rules for carrying on that intercourse.
Page xxv - Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy ; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
Page 473 - States declares that congress shall have power to dispose of, and make all needful rules and regulations respecting, the territory and other property belonging to the United States.
Page xxviii - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder, or ex post facto law, shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Page 696 - That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence...
Page xxxv - Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Page xxx - The congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes ; which day shall be the same throughout the United States. 5. 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...
Page 600 - Next to permanency in office, nothing can contribute more to the independence of the judges than a fixed provision for their support.
Page xxiv - 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.