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, Band 1Hilliard, Gray,, 1833 - 776 Seiten |
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... equal to the 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 ...
... equal to the 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 ...
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... equal number of votes , then the house of representatives shall im- mediately choose by ballot one of them for president ; and if no person have a majority , then , from the five highest on the list the said house shall in like manner ...
... equal number of votes , then the house of representatives shall im- mediately choose by ballot one of them for president ; and if no person have a majority , then , from the five highest on the list the said house shall in like manner ...
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... equal suffrage in the senate . ARTICLE VI . 1. All debts contracted and engagements entered into , be- fore the adoption of this Constitution , shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution , as under the con ...
... equal suffrage in the senate . ARTICLE VI . 1. All debts contracted and engagements entered into , be- fore the adoption of this Constitution , shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution , as under the con ...
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... equal laws , ordinan- ces , acts , constitutions , and officers from time to time as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the gen- eral good of the colony ; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience . " This is the ...
... equal laws , ordinan- ces , acts , constitutions , and officers from time to time as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the gen- eral good of the colony ; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience . " This is the ...
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... equal period , the laws of the Plymouth colony will be found few and brief . This resulted in some measure from the narrow limits of the population and business of the colony ; but in a greater measure from their reliance in their ...
... equal period , the laws of the Plymouth colony will be found few and brief . This resulted in some measure from the narrow limits of the population and business of the colony ; but in a greater measure from their reliance in their ...
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Seite xxviii - ... 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.
Seite xxvi - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly, until the disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.
Seite 419 - A constitution, to contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit, and of all the means by which they may be carried into execution, would partake of the prolixity of a legal code, and could scarcely be embraced by the human mind.
Seite xx - 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.
Seite xxiii - ... 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.
Seite 255 - It is obviously impracticable in the federal government of these States, to secure all rights of independent sovereignty to each, and yet provide for the interest and safety of all— Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
Seite 180 - That the foundation of English liberty, and of all free government, is a right in the people to participate in their legislative council and as the English colonists are not represented, and from their local and other circumstances, cannot properly be represented in the British parliament, they are entitled to a free and exclusive power of legislation in their several provincial legislatures...
Seite 217 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defence, the security of their Liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatsoever.
Seite xxviii - 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.
Seite 294 - Society is indeed a contract. Subordinate contracts for objects of mere occasional interest may be dissolved at pleasure ; but the state ought not to be considered as nothing better than a partnership agreement in a trade of pepper and coffee, calico or tobacco, or some other such low concern, to be taken up for a little temporary interest, and to be dissolved by the fancy of the parties.