Trial of Andrew Johnson: Opinions and appendixU.S. Government Printing Office, 1868 - Impeachments |
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... recess , and covering all cases of vacancy .. copies of documents from Post Office Department , showing removals of postmasters during session of Senate and ad interim appointments .. message of President Buchanan , January 15 , 1861 ...
... recess , and covering all cases of vacancy .. copies of documents from Post Office Department , showing removals of postmasters during session of Senate and ad interim appointments .. message of President Buchanan , January 15 , 1861 ...
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... recess of the Senate session of the Senate , and nove Mr. Stanton was taken from the President by e a distinction between removals during the session Senate ? Upon this point , at the opening of this ded upon a distinction that I think ...
... recess of the Senate session of the Senate , and nove Mr. Stanton was taken from the President by e a distinction between removals during the session Senate ? Upon this point , at the opening of this ded upon a distinction that I think ...
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... recess . If the power to remove is derived from the power to appoint , then the President during the recess may exercise it , and may then fill the vacancy by a temporary appoint- ment . But if this argument is tenable , he cannot ...
... recess . If the power to remove is derived from the power to appoint , then the President during the recess may exercise it , and may then fill the vacancy by a temporary appoint- ment . But if this argument is tenable , he cannot ...
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... recess of the Senate , and did not exist during the session of the Senate , and 2d . That the power to remove Mr. Stanton was taken from the President by the tenure - of office act . Does the act of 1789 make a distinction between ...
... recess of the Senate , and did not exist during the session of the Senate , and 2d . That the power to remove Mr. Stanton was taken from the President by the tenure - of office act . Does the act of 1789 make a distinction between ...
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... recess , we must ascertain the intention of the law as gathered from its language , history , and construction , and from these we can derive no trace of such a distinction . Nor can this dis- tinction be derived from the rarity of ...
... recess , we must ascertain the intention of the law as gathered from its language , history , and construction , and from these we can derive no trace of such a distinction . Nor can this dis- tinction be derived from the rarity of ...
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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...