The Constitutional Text-book: A Practical and Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States, and of Portions of the Public and Administrative Law of the Federal Government : Designed Chiefly for the Use of Schools, Academies, and CollegesSower, Barnes & Potts, 1855 - 324 Seiten |
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... considered to be incomplete and abandoned , and the land will be open to fresh occupants . § 6. Although the titles derived from discovery may not originally have been very just , their validity , after a lapse of several centuries ...
... considered to be incomplete and abandoned , and the land will be open to fresh occupants . § 6. Although the titles derived from discovery may not originally have been very just , their validity , after a lapse of several centuries ...
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... considered them- selves as settling an unoccupied country . We must , there- fore , regard them as bringing with them to the new world the laws of England , so far as they were applicable to their situation , and it was so resolved by ...
... considered them- selves as settling an unoccupied country . We must , there- fore , regard them as bringing with them to the new world the laws of England , so far as they were applicable to their situation , and it was so resolved by ...
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... considered and debated at various times ; but was finally adopted by Congress , November , 15 , 1777. These Articles of Confederation were ratified in July , 1778 , by the delegates from all the States , except New Jersey , Delaware ...
... considered and debated at various times ; but was finally adopted by Congress , November , 15 , 1777. These Articles of Confederation were ratified in July , 1778 , by the delegates from all the States , except New Jersey , Delaware ...
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... considered more fully hereafter . § 79. By the Articles of Confederation , ( Art . 8 , ) the expenses of the United States for the common defence and general welfare , were to be paid by each State in propor- tion to the value of land ...
... considered more fully hereafter . § 79. By the Articles of Confederation , ( Art . 8 , ) the expenses of the United States for the common defence and general welfare , were to be paid by each State in propor- tion to the value of land ...
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... and with other misde- meanors . But the Senate decided that he was not a " civil officer ' within the meaning of a clause in the Con- stitution , to be considered hereafter , and therefore not 78 CONSTITUTIONAL TEXT - BOOK .
... and with other misde- meanors . But the Senate decided that he was not a " civil officer ' within the meaning of a clause in the Con- stitution , to be considered hereafter , and therefore not 78 CONSTITUTIONAL TEXT - BOOK .
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Seite 277 - ... ..of establishing rules for deciding in all cases, what captures on land or water shall be legal, and in what manner prizes taken by land or naval forces in the service of the United States shall be divided or appropriated.. ..of granting letters of marque and reprisal in times of peace... .appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas...
Seite 276 - FREEDOM of speech and debate in congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any Court, or place out of Congress...
Seite 40 - ... 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 289 - Towards the preservation of your government, and the permanency of your present happy state, it is requisite not only that you steadily discountenance irregular oppositions to its acknowledged authority, but also that you resist with care the spirit of innovation upon its principles, however specious the pretexts. One method of assault may be to effect in the forms of the Constitution alterations which will impair the energy of the system, and thus to undermine what cannot be directly overthrown.
Seite 285 - I shall carry it with me to my grave, as a strong incitement to unceasing vows that Heaven may continue to you the choicest tokens of its beneficence; that your union and brotherly affection may be perpetual; that the free constitution, which is the work of your hands, may be sacredly maintained; that its administration in every department may be stamped with wisdom and virtue; that, in fine, the happiness of the people of these states, under the auspices of liberty, may be made complete, by so careful...
Seite 42 - The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion, and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive...
Seite 71 - When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies. The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers ; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.
Seite 275 - Full faith and credit shall be given in each of these States to the records, acts, and judicial proceedings, of the courts and magistrates of every other State.
Seite 277 - ... or shall have received certain advice of a resolution being formed by some nation of Indians to invade such state, and the danger is so imminent as not to admit of a delay, till the united states in congress assembled can be consulted...
Seite 162 - Members from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President.