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... Senate , and the Bench ; Bagehot : The English Constitution , New and Revised Edition ; Dicey : Lectures Introductory to the Study of the Law of the Constitution ; Anson : The Law and Custom of the Constitution , Part I. , Parliament ...
... Senate , and the Bench ; Bagehot : The English Constitution , New and Revised Edition ; Dicey : Lectures Introductory to the Study of the Law of the Constitution ; Anson : The Law and Custom of the Constitution , Part I. , Parliament ...
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... Senators in a Senate of twenty - eight . 186. The Jersey Plan . - On June 15 Mr. Patterson , of New Jersey , as the spokesman of the small States , pre- sented the alternative scheme , in eleven resolutions . This plan made no change in ...
... Senators in a Senate of twenty - eight . 186. The Jersey Plan . - On June 15 Mr. Patterson , of New Jersey , as the spokesman of the small States , pre- sented the alternative scheme , in eleven resolutions . This plan made no change in ...
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... Senate . " 193. Effects of the Compromise . - The adoption of this compromise was followed by two favorable results . The men most opposed to an efficient government went home in disgust ; while the Small - state men , who really wanted ...
... Senate . " 193. Effects of the Compromise . - The adoption of this compromise was followed by two favorable results . The men most opposed to an efficient government went home in disgust ; while the Small - state men , who really wanted ...
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... Senators and Rep- resentatives should convene at the time and place assigned ; that the Senators should appoint a president of the Senate for the sole purpose of receiving , opening , and counting the votes for President , and that ...
... Senators and Rep- resentatives should convene at the time and place assigned ; that the Senators should appoint a president of the Senate for the sole purpose of receiving , opening , and counting the votes for President , and that ...
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... Senators from four States attended March 4. The Senate also adjourned from day to day until April 6 , when , twelve members being present , a temporary organization was effected by the election of John Langdon , of New Hampshire ...
... Senators from four States attended March 4. The Senate also adjourned from day to day until April 6 , when , twelve members being present , a temporary organization was effected by the election of John Langdon , of New Hampshire ...
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Page 460 - ... men, or should raise a smaller number than its quota, and that any other state should raise a greater number of men than the quota thereof, such extra number shall be raised, officered...
Page 121 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the Constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in I the manner most beneficial to the people.
Page 77 - The said States hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defense, 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 whatever...
Page 469 - 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. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
Page 457 - ... the United States in Congress assembled shall, from time to time, direct and appoint. The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the legislatures of the several states, within the time agreed upon by the United States in Congress assembled.
Page 460 - States or any of them, nor emit bills, nor borrow money on the credit of the United States, nor appropriate money, nor agree upon the number of vessels of war to be built or purchased, or the number of land or sea forces to be raised, nor appoint a commander in chief of the army or navy, unless nine states assent to the same...
Page 464 - 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.
Page 465 - States: 3. To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes: 4. To establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States: 5. To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures: 6. To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States: 7.
Page 457 - ... appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas and establishing courts for receiving and determining finally appeals in all cases of captures, provided that no member of congress shall be appointed a judge of any of the said courts.
Page 239 - A bill of attainder is a legislative Act, which inflicts punishment without a judicial trial. If the punishment be less than death, the Act is termed a bill of pains and penalties.