The American Plan of Government: The Constitution of the United States as Interpreted by Accepted AuthoritiesG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1916 - 474 sider |
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The American Plan of Government: The Constitution of the United States as ... Charles William Bacon,Franklyn Stanley Morse Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1916 |
The American Plan of Government: The Constitution of the United States as ... Charles William Bacon,Franklyn Stanley Morse Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1916 |
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Side 319 - Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them. " The wisdom of this clause can scarcely be too highly commended. The legislature, on the appointment of a
Side 28 - his faculties; to be free to use them in all lawful ways; to live and work where he will; to earn his livelihood by any lawful calling; to pursue any livelihood or avocation, and for that purpose to enter into all contracts which may be proper, necessary, and essential to his carrying out to a successful
Side 419 - the records and judicial proceedings, authenticated as aforesaid, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court within the United States as they have by law and usage in the courts of the State from whence the said records are or shall be taken.
Side 313 - the list, the Senate shall choose the VicePrésident; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of VicePrésident of the United States.
Side xvii - 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
Side 43 - be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New-York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three. The
Side 220 - Another privilege of a citizen of the United States is to demand the care and protection of the Federal government over his life, liberty, and property when on the high seas or within the jurisdiction of a foreign government. Of this there can be no doubt, nor that the right depends upon his
Side 459 - It is agreed that creditors, on either side, shall meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value, in sterling money, of all bona fide debts heretofore contracted.
Side 457 - has chosen to be, in many respects, and to many purposes, a nation; and for all these purposes her government is complete ; to all these objects, it is competent. The people have declared, that in the exercise of all powers given for these objects, it is supreme. It can, then, in effecting these objects,
Side 159 - He does not initiate the war, but is bound to accept the challenge without waiting for any special legislative authority. And whether the hostile party be a foreign invader, or States organized in rebellion, it is none the less a war, although the declaration of it be "unilateral.