Securing the Blessings of Liberty: The Constitutional System"Footnotes": p. 168-173. |
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... judges spoke last . The authors of the Virginia Plan lacked confidence in the practical ca- pacity of judges to maintain the balance of the constitutional system . Judges did not seem to them to be different from other men in public ...
... judges spoke last . The authors of the Virginia Plan lacked confidence in the practical ca- pacity of judges to maintain the balance of the constitutional system . Judges did not seem to them to be different from other men in public ...
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The Constitutional System Arthur Norman Holcombe. danger of judges abusing this novel and imperfectly understood power of ju- dicial veto . Recognition of such a potentially important and peculiarly Ameri- can function of the judges was ...
The Constitutional System Arthur Norman Holcombe. danger of judges abusing this novel and imperfectly understood power of ju- dicial veto . Recognition of such a potentially important and peculiarly Ameri- can function of the judges was ...
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... judges . Every close decision , where five judges favor one side of a case and four the other , and one judge seems to represent the margin of victory for the principle involved , is obviously more questionable than one in which the judges ...
... judges . Every close decision , where five judges favor one side of a case and four the other , and one judge seems to represent the margin of victory for the principle involved , is obviously more questionable than one in which the judges ...
Contents
PREFACE | 1 |
CHAPTER TWO THE REVOLUTIONARY PRINCIPLES | 19 |
CHAPTER THREE TOWARD A MORE PERFECT UNION | 39 |
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