| Joshua A. Chafetz - Political Science - 2007 - 319 pages
...length: [T]he instrument was submitted to the people. They acted upon it in the only manner in which they can act safely, effectively, and wisely, on such...States — and where else should they have assembled? . . . Of consequence, when they act, they act in their States. But the measures they adopt do not,... | |
| William D. Popkin - Law - 2007 - 301 pages
...[The draft constitution] was submitted to the people. They acted upon it in the only manner in which they can act safely, effectively and wisely, on such a subject, by assembling in convention. . . . The government proceeds directly from the people; is ordained and established, in the name of... | |
| Richard E. Ellis - Law - 2007 - 280 pages
...made this point, Marshall reiterated his observation from his decision in McCulloch v. Maryland that "no political dreamer was ever wild enough to think of breaking down the lines which separate the states, and of compounding the American people into one mass." Marshall concluded... | |
| Albert P. Melone, Allan Karnes - Courts - 2008 - 724 pages
...Legislatures, the instrument was submitted to the people. They acted upon it in the only manner in which they can act safely, effectively, and wisely, on such...ever wild enough to think of breaking down the lines which separate the States, and of compounding the American people into one common mass. Of consequence,... | |
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