The Constitutional Text-book: A Practical and Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States, and of Portions of the Public and Administrative Law of the Federal Government : Designed Chiefly for the Use of Schools, Academies, and CollegesSower, Barnes & Potts, 1855 - 324 pages |
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... to by the Supreme Court of the United States . We still hold this country under the title by which it was originally acquired , and we claim that that title has , by treaties or by grants 8 CONSTITUTIONAL TEXT - BOOK .
... to by the Supreme Court of the United States . We still hold this country under the title by which it was originally acquired , and we claim that that title has , by treaties or by grants 8 CONSTITUTIONAL TEXT - BOOK .
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... treaties or by grants , descended to us . § 7. In the settlement of a new country , there is a dis- tinction in regard to the laws which become of force there . If the country be uninhabited , the laws of the nation to which the ...
... treaties or by grants , descended to us . § 7. In the settlement of a new country , there is a dis- tinction in regard to the laws which become of force there . If the country be uninhabited , the laws of the nation to which the ...
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... treaties or alliances among themselves , or enter into any connection with foreign powers . The law of nations did not recognise them as sovereign states , but only as de- pendencies on the crown of England . They could not make treaties ...
... treaties or alliances among themselves , or enter into any connection with foreign powers . The law of nations did not recognise them as sovereign states , but only as de- pendencies on the crown of England . They could not make treaties ...
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... treaties or alliances , coin money or regulate its value , determine the sums ne- cessary for the use of the United States , emit bills of credit , borrow or appropriate money , designate the size of the army and navy , or appoint a ...
... treaties or alliances , coin money or regulate its value , determine the sums ne- cessary for the use of the United States , emit bills of credit , borrow or appropriate money , designate the size of the army and navy , or appoint a ...
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... Treaties , provided two thirds of the Senators present concur ; and he shall nomi- nate , and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate , shall appoint Ambassadors , other public Ministers and Consuls , Judges of the supreme ...
... Treaties , provided two thirds of the Senators present concur ; and he shall nomi- nate , and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate , shall appoint Ambassadors , other public Ministers and Consuls , Judges of the supreme ...
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Page 277 - ... ..of establishing rules for deciding in all cases, what captures on land or water shall be legal, and in what manner prizes taken by land or naval forces in the service of the United States shall be divided or appropriated.. ..of granting letters of marque and reprisal in times of peace... .appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas...
Page 276 - FREEDOM of speech and debate in congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any Court, or place out of Congress...
Page 40 - ... 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 the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any state, the trial shall be at such place or places as the congress may by law have directed.
Page 289 - Towards the preservation of your government, and the permanency of your present happy state, it is requisite not only that you steadily discountenance irregular oppositions to its acknowledged authority, but also that you resist with care the spirit of innovation upon its principles, however specious the pretexts. One method of assault may be to effect in the forms of the Constitution alterations which will impair the energy of the system, and thus to undermine what cannot be directly overthrown.
Page 285 - I shall carry it with me to my grave, as a strong incitement to unceasing vows that Heaven may continue to you the choicest tokens of its beneficence; that your union and brotherly affection may be perpetual; that the free constitution, which is the work of your hands, may be sacredly maintained; that its administration in every department may be stamped with wisdom and virtue; that, in fine, the happiness of the people of these states, under the auspices of liberty, may be made complete, by so careful...
Page 42 - 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...
Page 71 - When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies. The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers ; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.
Page 275 - Full faith and credit shall be given in each of these States to the records, acts, and judicial proceedings, of the courts and magistrates of every other State.
Page 277 - ... or shall have received certain advice of a resolution being formed by some nation of Indians to invade such state, and the danger is so imminent as not to admit of a delay, till the united states in congress assembled can be consulted...
Page 162 - Members from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President.