A History and Analysis of the Constitution of the United States, with a Full Account of the Confederations which Preceded it ; of the Debates and Acts of the Convention which Formed it ; of the Judicial Decisions which Have Construed it ; with Papers and Tables Illustrative of the Action of the Government and the People Under itLittle, Brown & Company, 1861 - 444 Seiten |
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... Court for the District of Columbia . CAMBRIDGE : Allen and Farnham , Stereotypers and Printers . PREFACE . I PRESENT to the citizens of the United ANALYSIS OF THE CONSTITUTION, SHOWING ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF EACH CLAUSE.
... Court for the District of Columbia . CAMBRIDGE : Allen and Farnham , Stereotypers and Printers . PREFACE . I PRESENT to the citizens of the United ANALYSIS OF THE CONSTITUTION, SHOWING ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF EACH CLAUSE.
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... 390 • 404 415 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES • • . 415 • Chief Justices Associate Justices . VICE - PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES . . 415 . 415 • 417 . 417 PRESIDENTS pro tempore OF THE SENATE . SPEAKERS viii CONTENTS .
... 390 • 404 415 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES • • . 415 • Chief Justices Associate Justices . VICE - PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES . . 415 . 415 • 417 . 417 PRESIDENTS pro tempore OF THE SENATE . SPEAKERS viii CONTENTS .
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... Court ; 122 To define and punish Piracies and Felonies com- mitted on the high Seas , and Offences against the Law of Nations ; 122 To declare War , grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal , and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and ...
... Court ; 122 To define and punish Piracies and Felonies com- mitted on the high Seas , and Offences against the Law of Nations ; 122 To declare War , grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal , and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and ...
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... Court , and all other Officers of the United States , whose Appointments are not herein otherwise pro- vided for ... Courts of Law , or in the Heads of Departments.180 The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may ...
... Court , and all other Officers of the United States , whose Appointments are not herein otherwise pro- vided for ... Courts of Law , or in the Heads of Departments.180 The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may ...
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... Court , and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish . The Judges , both of the supreme and inferior Courts , shall hold their Offices during good Behavior , and shall , at stated Times ...
... Court , and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish . The Judges , both of the supreme and inferior Courts , shall hold their Offices during good Behavior , and shall , at stated Times ...
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Seite 363 - And whenever any of the said States shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such State shall be admitted by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatever ; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and State government...
Seite 204 - If any person guilty of, or charged with treason, felony, or other high misdemeanor in any State, shall flee from justice, and be found in any of the United States, he shall upon demand of the Governor or Executive power, of the State from which he fled, be delivered up and removed to the State having jurisdiction of his offence.
Seite 137 - RESOLVED, that each branch ought to possess the right of originating acts; that the National Legislature ought to be empowered to enjoy the legislative rights vested in Congress by the Confederation, and moreover to legislate in all cases to which the separate states are incompetent, or in which the harmony of the United States may be interrupted by the exercise of individual legislation...
Seite 202 - States; and the people of each State shall have free ingress and regress to and from any other State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce subject to the same duties, impositions, and restrictions as the inhabitants thereof respectively...
Seite 159 - State or its trade ; nor shall any body of forces be kept up by any State in time of peace, except such number only as, in the judgment of the United States in Congress assembled, shall be deemed requisite to garrison the forts necessary for the defence of such State...
Seite 247 - American — the consolidation of our Union — in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence. This important consideration, seriously and deeply impressed on our minds, led each State in the convention to be less rigid on points of inferior magnitude than might have been otherwise expected...
Seite 153 - No state without the Consent of the united states in congress assembled, shall send any embassy to, or receive any embassy from, or enter into any conference, agreement, alliance or treaty with any King prince or state ; nor shall any person holding any office of profit or trust under the united states, or any of them, accept of any present, emolument, office or title of any kind whatever from any king, prince or foreign state; nor shall the united states in congress assembled, or any of them, grant...
Seite 209 - Canada, acceding to this confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this Union. But no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine states.
Seite 91 - Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court, or place out of Congress...
Seite 368 - That Congress doth consent that the territory properly included within, and rightfully belonging to the Republic of Texas, may be erected into a new State, to be called the State of Texas, with a republican form of government, to be adopted by the people of said republic, by deputies in convention assembled, with the consent of the existing government, in order that the same may be admitted as one of the States of this Union.