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... President 41. Term and Qualifications of President ; Vacancy in Office VII . JUDICIAL DEPARTMENTS . 42. References . . 43. Selection of Judges Part III . LEGISLATION . PAGE 74 74 VIII . STATE LEGISLATION . 44. References 45. Nature of ...
... President 41. Term and Qualifications of President ; Vacancy in Office VII . JUDICIAL DEPARTMENTS . 42. References . . 43. Selection of Judges Part III . LEGISLATION . PAGE 74 74 VIII . STATE LEGISLATION . 44. References 45. Nature of ...
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... President or State Executive as Commander - in - Chief 131. Protection of the States against Invasion or Domestic Violence XXIII . DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS ; TREATY - MAKING POWER . PAGE · 200 200 · 202 204 206 206 207 208 210 210 211 132 ...
... President or State Executive as Commander - in - Chief 131. Protection of the States against Invasion or Domestic Violence XXIII . DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS ; TREATY - MAKING POWER . PAGE · 200 200 · 202 204 206 206 207 208 210 210 211 132 ...
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... president for a third term , an argument which has heretofore , as in the case of President Grant , been sufficiently potent to prevent renomination for a third term . But no one would pretend that , if such limitation were ignored and ...
... president for a third term , an argument which has heretofore , as in the case of President Grant , been sufficiently potent to prevent renomination for a third term . But no one would pretend that , if such limitation were ignored and ...
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... president , and on April 30th George Washington was inaugurated as the first President of the United States ; and a few months later the remaining two states ratified the constitution . 13. Adoption of the Federal Constitution . In the ...
... president , and on April 30th George Washington was inaugurated as the first President of the United States ; and a few months later the remaining two states ratified the constitution . 13. Adoption of the Federal Constitution . In the ...
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... the government are to be exercised by the making of laws , the enforcement of which is entrusted to a president and a judicial department . 14. Methods of Constitutional Amendment . Written constitutions usually contain 3.
... the government are to be exercised by the making of laws , the enforcement of which is entrusted to a president and a judicial department . 14. Methods of Constitutional Amendment . Written constitutions usually contain 3.
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Page 408 - Party, the Supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make. (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...
Page 388 - The United States in Congress assembled shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority, or by that of the respective States.
Page 388 - ... and to consist of one delegate from each state, and to appoint such other committees and civil officers as may be necessary for managing the general affairs of the United States, under their direction : to appoint one of their number to preside, provided that no person be allowed to serve in the office of president more than one year in any term of three years : to ascertain the necessary sums of money to be raised for the service of the United States, and to appropriate and apply the same for...
Page 342 - By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law ; a law which hears before it condemns, which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial.
Page 384 - If any person guilty of, or charged with treason, felony, or other high misdemeanor in any State, shall flee from justice, and be found in any of the United States, he shall upon demand of the Governor or Executive power, of the State from which he fled, be delivered up and removed to the State having jurisdiction of his offence.
Page 381 - He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us. He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people. He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation. He has constrained our...
Page 406 - The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his 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. " Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation...
Page 388 - Regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians, not members of any of the States ; provided that the legislative right of any State within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
Page 397 - The legislatures yf those districts or new states, shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the United States in Congress assembled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bona fide purchasers. No tax shall be imposed on lands the property of the United States ; and, in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents.
Page 409 - 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...