Trial of Andrew Johnson: Opinions and appendixU.S. Government Printing Office, 1868 - Impeachments |
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... claim of right to remove at pleasure and appoint ad interim , their salaries , & c Ewing , Thomas , sen . , nomination of , to be Secretary of War .. .I - 720 .I - 729 ... I - 508 , 516 , 537 , 555 , 556 F. Ferry , Orris S. , a senator ...
... claim of right to remove at pleasure and appoint ad interim , their salaries , & c Ewing , Thomas , sen . , nomination of , to be Secretary of War .. .I - 720 .I - 729 ... I - 508 , 516 , 537 , 555 , 556 F. Ferry , Orris S. , a senator ...
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... claim that it was within his power , under the Constitution and the laws . It is , therefore , not so much a question of intention , as a question of lawful power . If the President has the power , during the session of the Senate , and ...
... claim that it was within his power , under the Constitution and the laws . It is , therefore , not so much a question of intention , as a question of lawful power . If the President has the power , during the session of the Senate , and ...
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... shall be in the said department an inferior officer , to be er , to be employed therein as he shall deem proper , and D = correctness of this construction . but they claim- noval nd if the court of last resort in his case ...
... shall be in the said department an inferior officer , to be er , to be employed therein as he shall deem proper , and D = correctness of this construction . but they claim- noval nd if the court of last resort in his case ...
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Andrew Johnson. = correctness of this construction . but they claim- noval was limited to during the recess of the Senate session of the Senate , and nove Mr. Stanton was taken from the President by e a distinction between ... claim- ...
Andrew Johnson. = correctness of this construction . but they claim- noval was limited to during the recess of the Senate session of the Senate , and nove Mr. Stanton was taken from the President by e a distinction between ... claim- ...
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... claim that it is unconstitutional . He is not only bound to obey the law , but he is sworn to execute the law . In ... claims to office ; but his offence could not be tried before the Supreme Court , but must be tried before a court that ...
... claim that it is unconstitutional . He is not only bound to obey the law , but he is sworn to execute the law . In ... claims to office ; but his offence could not be tried before the Supreme Court , but must be tried before a court that ...
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Page 259 - Provided, That the secretaries of State, of the Treasury, of War, of the Navy, and of the Interior, the Postmaster-General, and the Attorney-General, shall hold their offices respectively for and during the term of the President by whom they may have been appointed and for one month thereafter, subject to removal by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Page 354 - On the contrary, if war be actually levied, that is, if a body of men be actually assembled for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose, all those who perform any part, however minute, or however remote from the scene of action, and who are actually leagued in the general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors.
Page 74 - The liberty of the press is, indeed, essential to the nature of a free state ; but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications ; and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter when published. Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public : to forbid this is to destroy the freedom of the press : but if he publishes what is improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequence of his own temerity.
Page 276 - He was rather of reputation in his own country than of public discourse or fame in the kingdom, before the business of ship-money ; but then he grew the argument of all tongues, every man inquiring who and what he was that durst, at his own charge, support the liberty and property of the kingdom, and rescue his country, as he thought, from being made a prey to the court.
Page 322 - That under the Constitution and laws of the United States the President has no power to remove the Secretary of War and designate any other officer to perform the duties of that office ad interim.
Page 185 - That every person holding any civil office to which he has been appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and every person who shall hereafter be appointed to any such office, and shall become duly qualified to act therein, is, and shall be, entitled to hold such office until a successor shall have been in like manner appointed and duly qualified, except as herein otherwise provided...
Page 303 - An act making appropriations for the support of the army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1868, and for other purposes," approved March 2, 1867 ; and, also, to prevent the execution of an act entitled "An act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States...
Page 14 - ... whenever the said principal officer shall be removed from office by the President of the United States...
Page 334 - ... of the United States, and the several branches thereof, to impair and destroy the regard and respect of all the good people of the United States for the Congress and legislative...
Page 191 - War, and that there shall be a principal officer therein, to be called the Secretary for the Department of War, who shall perform and execute such duties as shall from time to time be enjoined on, or entrusted to him by the President of the United States...