The Constitution 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 GovernmentChilds & Peterson, 1857 - 324 páginas |
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... privileges , and duties of the citizens . If our fundamental laws were more generally studied , the people would know better how to be governed , and ignorance and presumption would have less in- fluence in the execution of the laws ...
... privileges , and duties of the citizens . If our fundamental laws were more generally studied , the people would know better how to be governed , and ignorance and presumption would have less in- fluence in the execution of the laws ...
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... privileges and immunities thereof . The colonies were not affected by acts of Parliament passed after the date of their settlement , unless they were expressly named therein . § 10. The names of the thirteen original colonies were ...
... privileges and immunities thereof . The colonies were not affected by acts of Parliament passed after the date of their settlement , unless they were expressly named therein . § 10. The names of the thirteen original colonies were ...
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... privileges to certain individuals , who be- came proprietaries of the colony , and held it as if it were a feudal principality . These proprietaries appointed the governor , directed the calling together of the legislative assemblies ...
... privileges to certain individuals , who be- came proprietaries of the colony , and held it as if it were a feudal principality . These proprietaries appointed the governor , directed the calling together of the legislative assemblies ...
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... Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States . [ 2 ] A Person charged in any State with Treason , Felony , or other Crime , who shall flee from Justice , and be found in another State , shall on Demand of the executive Au ...
... Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States . [ 2 ] A Person charged in any State with Treason , Felony , or other Crime , who shall flee from Justice , and be found in another State , shall on Demand of the executive Au ...
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... privileges , for disorderly conduct , or for contempt , except when commit- ted by its own members . Yet it has been held that such power exists , because it is essential to the protec- tion , dignity , and existence of the legislative ...
... privileges , for disorderly conduct , or for contempt , except when commit- ted by its own members . Yet it has been held that such power exists , because it is essential to the protec- tion , dignity , and existence of the legislative ...
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 274 - ... appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas and establishing courts for receiving and determining finally appeals in all cases of captures, provided that no member of congress shall be appointed a judge of any of the said courts.
Página 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.
Página 38 - The president shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session. SECTION 3. He shall, from time to time, give to the congress information of the state of the Union...
Página 1 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happiness...
Página 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...
Página 271 - 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.
Página 284 - The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government. — But, the Constitution which at any time exists, 'till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all.
Página 273 - ... that no treaty of commerce shall be made whereby the legislative power of the respective States shall be restrained from imposing such imposts and duties on foreigners, as their own people are subjected to, or from prohibiting the exportation or importation of any species of goods or commodities whatsoever...
Página 288 - ... period a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence. Who can doubt that in the course of time and things, the fruits of such a plan would richly repay any temporary advantages which might be lost by a steady adherence to it. Can it be, that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue ? The experiment, at least, is recommended by every sentiment which ennobles human nature.
Página 280 - In the discharge of this trust, I will only say, that I have, with good intentions, contributed towards the organization and administration of the government, the best exertions of which a very fallible judgment was capable.