The Referendum in America: Together with Some Chapters on the History of the Initiative and Other Phases of Popular Government in the United StatesC. Scribner's Sons, 1900 - 430 Seiten |
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... principle in law - making not only in this but also in other lands . Mr. Bryce , Mr. W. E. H. Lecky , Prof. A. V. Dicey , Mr. A. L. Lowell , Mr. E. L. God- kin and many other writers on constitutional subjects have carefully and ...
... principle in law - making not only in this but also in other lands . Mr. Bryce , Mr. W. E. H. Lecky , Prof. A. V. Dicey , Mr. A. L. Lowell , Mr. E. L. God- kin and many other writers on constitutional subjects have carefully and ...
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... principles , the referendum with the rest , were transferred almost bodily to the platforms of the Democratic party . Not a few societies and leagues exist for the purpose of advancing this reform , in the East as well as in the West ...
... principles , the referendum with the rest , were transferred almost bodily to the platforms of the Democratic party . Not a few societies and leagues exist for the purpose of advancing this reform , in the East as well as in the West ...
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... principle , which he desired should not be departed from . He continued his inquiry regarding the proper means of choosing these representatives , declaring himself specifically opposed to Paine's legislative assembly of a single ...
... principle , which he desired should not be departed from . He continued his inquiry regarding the proper means of choosing these representatives , declaring himself specifically opposed to Paine's legislative assembly of a single ...
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... principles and axioms , which are so abhorrent to the inclinations of the barons of the South , and the proprietary interests in the Middle States , as well as to that avarice of land , which has made on this continent so many votaries ...
... principles and axioms , which are so abhorrent to the inclinations of the barons of the South , and the proprietary interests in the Middle States , as well as to that avarice of land , which has made on this continent so many votaries ...
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... principles of the highest possible value . He had little of the purely scheming temper that has led some of the noblest minds of the world to devise systems of their own , ingenious , and sometimes imposing , but utterly want- ing in ...
... principles of the highest possible value . He had little of the purely scheming temper that has led some of the noblest minds of the world to devise systems of their own , ingenious , and sometimes imposing , but utterly want- ing in ...
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Seite 207 - Federal constitution providing for the election of United States Senators by direct vo.te of the people, and we favor direct legislation wherever practicable.
Seite 279 - No county, city, town, or other municipal corporation, shall contract any debt, pledge its faith, or loan its credit, nor shall any tax be levied or collected by any officers of the same, except for the necessary expenses thereof, unless by a vote of the majority of the qualified voters therein.
Seite 13 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs, has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Seite 345 - ... in harmony with and subject to the Constitution and laws of the State.
Seite 79 - State, and a Council of Revision, composed of the Governor, the chancellor and the judges of the Supreme Court, in the latter commonwealth.
Seite 184 - The legislature may also borrow money to repel invasion, suppress insurrection, or defend the State in time of war; but the money thus raised shall be applied exclusively to the object for which the loan was authorized, or to the repayment of the debt thereby created.
Seite 140 - no convention of the people shall be called by the General Assembly to revise, amend, or change this Constitution, unless by the concurrence of two-thirds of all the members of each house of the General Assembly...
Seite 148 - Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in either house of the general assembly; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, such proposed amendment shall be entered on their journals, with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and referred to the legislature to be chosen at the next general election...
Seite 113 - ... election shall have voted for a convention, the legislature shall at the next session provide by law for calling the same; and such convention shall consist of a number of members, not less than double that of the most numerous branch of the legislature.
Seite 209 - One of the settled maxims in constitutional law is that the power conferred upon the legislature to make laws cannot be delegated by that department to any other body or authority. Where the sovereign power of the state has located the authority, there it must remain; and by the constitutional agency alone the laws must be made until the Constitution itself is changed.