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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... result of a study undertaken long ago in an- other connection when I had hoped that the engagements of life would permit me to complete a constitutional history of the State of Pennsylvania , in the preparation of which I had made more ...
... result of a study undertaken long ago in an- other connection when I had hoped that the engagements of life would permit me to complete a constitutional history of the State of Pennsylvania , in the preparation of which I had made more ...
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... results . In ali the forms , suggested and actual , at this time , however , popular government does not seem to have passed through the phase of allowing the people to vote directly by yeas and nays upon their laws , or even upon their ...
... results . In ali the forms , suggested and actual , at this time , however , popular government does not seem to have passed through the phase of allowing the people to vote directly by yeas and nays upon their laws , or even upon their ...
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... result he declared to be contradictions , and the whole system of balances considered in the light of his philosophy , was reduced to " a mere ab- surdity " . It is true that Adams himself expresses the opin- ion that the influence of ...
... result he declared to be contradictions , and the whole system of balances considered in the light of his philosophy , was reduced to " a mere ab- surdity " . It is true that Adams himself expresses the opin- ion that the influence of ...
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... result of how much pains and effort . John Adams while attending the sessions of the Conti- nental Congress , conferred with the members from the other colonies whom he met there regarding the various problems of government which would ...
... result of how much pains and effort . John Adams while attending the sessions of the Conti- nental Congress , conferred with the members from the other colonies whom he met there regarding the various problems of government which would ...
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... result.28 Concerning Mr. Adams ' system of government for the new American States , his grandson , Charles Francis Adams , pays a just tribute to the man , when he writes : " It is very true that the outline of the system thus ...
... result.28 Concerning Mr. Adams ' system of government for the new American States , his grandson , Charles Francis Adams , pays a just tribute to the man , when he writes : " It is very true that the outline of the system thus ...
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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.