American Government and PoliticsMacmillan, 1910 - 772 páginas |
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... departments are concerned . It is , there ican history alone that one can learn , for ins are two Senators from each state , why the syst balances , so characteristic of American instituti why the President is chosen through an el ...
... departments are concerned . It is , there ican history alone that one can learn , for ins are two Senators from each state , why the syst balances , so characteristic of American instituti why the President is chosen through an el ...
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... departments , justices of the Supreme Court , were in that imp body . They were equal to the great task of construct national system strong enough to defend the country on land sea , pay every dollar of the lawful debt , and afford ...
... departments , justices of the Supreme Court , were in that imp body . They were equal to the great task of construct national system strong enough to defend the country on land sea , pay every dollar of the lawful debt , and afford ...
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... departments of government and rush through tremely radical measure . This system is eloquently descri little ... department charged with the high function of enforcing fede This grave defect was carefully considered by the conv and ...
... departments of government and rush through tremely radical measure . This system is eloquently descri little ... department charged with the high function of enforcing fede This grave defect was carefully considered by the conv and ...
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... departments , " and that the President " may require the opinion , in writing , of the principal officer in each of the executive departments , upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices . " To take another ...
... departments , " and that the President " may require the opinion , in writing , of the principal officer in each of the executive departments , upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices . " To take another ...
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... departments , is selected from the party which has a majority in the House of Commons . The makers of the law and those charged with its execution are one . In the United States , however , this coördination of the legisla- ture and the ...
... departments , is selected from the party which has a majority in the House of Commons . The makers of the law and those charged with its execution are one . In the United States , however , this coördination of the legisla- ture and the ...
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Página 718 - A landed interest, a manufacturing interest, a mercantile interest, a moneyed interest, with many lesser interests, grow up of necessity in civilized nations, and divide them into different classes actuated by different sentiments and views.
Página 49 - The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to a uniformity, of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.
Página 339 - International law is part of our law, and must be ascertained and administered by the courts of justice of appropriate jurisdiction, as often as questions of right depending upon it are duly presented for their determination.
Página 313 - ... the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the Government, upon vital questions affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Página 717 - But the most common and durable source of factions has been the various and unequal distribution of property. Those who hold and those who are without property have ever formed distinct interests in society.
Página 308 - If there should happen to be an irreconcilable variance between the two, that which has the superior obligation and validity ought, of course, to be preferred; in other words, the constitution ought to be preferred to the statute, the intention of the people to the intention of their agents.
Página 331 - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world...
Página 61 - Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled (two-thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as an amendment to the constitution of the United States...
Página 722 - ... multiplied by the number of his shares of stock shall equal, or to distribute them on the same principle among as many candidates as he shall think fit; and such directors or managers shall not be elected in any other manner.
Página 64 - They would contain various exceptions to powers not granted; and, on this very account, would afford a colorable pretext to claim more than were granted. For why declare that things shall not be done which there is no power to do?