The Constitutional Review, Volume 2National Association for Constitutional Government, 1918 Includes section "Book reviews". |
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... result of civil war and practically by force of arms . Moreover , for nearly forty years after the adoption of the war amendments , no proposed amendment had succeeded even in passing both houses of Congress . In the light of these ...
... result of civil war and practically by force of arms . Moreover , for nearly forty years after the adoption of the war amendments , no proposed amendment had succeeded even in passing both houses of Congress . In the light of these ...
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... result of civil war . It is not the purpose of this paper to discuss the merits of the Sixteenth Amendment . On this point opinions may differ . The supreme significance of the amendment is that its adoption proved that the Constitution ...
... result of civil war . It is not the purpose of this paper to discuss the merits of the Sixteenth Amendment . On this point opinions may differ . The supreme significance of the amendment is that its adoption proved that the Constitution ...
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... result of this activity was the adoption of the three war amendments . The Eleventh Amendment was occa- sioned by ... resulting final- ly in the adoption of the Twelfth Amendment . In most cases , none of the amendments suggested to meet ...
... result of this activity was the adoption of the three war amendments . The Eleventh Amendment was occa- sioned by ... resulting final- ly in the adoption of the Twelfth Amendment . In most cases , none of the amendments suggested to meet ...
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... results which may be accom- plished by state action , of which con- spicuous instances are found in the numerous amendments relating to woman's suffrage , prohibition , and mar- riage and divorce . This class of amendments may be even ...
... results which may be accom- plished by state action , of which con- spicuous instances are found in the numerous amendments relating to woman's suffrage , prohibition , and mar- riage and divorce . This class of amendments may be even ...
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... result of a presidential election . But such a pos- sibility is inevitable unless state lines are to be wiped out and the country treated as a unit . Moreover , it is none the less true that it is theoretically pos- sible to adopt an ...
... result of a presidential election . But such a pos- sibility is inevitable unless state lines are to be wiped out and the country treated as a unit . Moreover , it is none the less true that it is theoretically pos- sible to adopt an ...
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Página 83 - XVIII [SECTION 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited. SECTION 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Página 83 - Section 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. Section 3. This article shall be Inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several states, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
Página 176 - A Declaration of Rights made by the Representatives of the good People of Virginia, assembled in full and free Convention, which rights do pertain to them and their Posterity, as the basis and foundation of Government. 1. That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights...
Página 176 - ... government is, or ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community; of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety, and is most effectually secured against the danger of maladministration; and...
Página 176 - That elections of members to serve as representatives of the people in assembly, ought to be free ; and that all men having sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with, and attachment to the community, have the right of suffrage...
Página 240 - States is at war, shall willfully utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States...
Página 177 - That all power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority without consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious to their rights, and ought not to be exercised.
Página 174 - That no free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.
Página 177 - That the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments. 13. That a well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defence of a free State; that standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided, as dangerous to liberty ; and that in all cases the military should be under...
Página 176 - ... the members of the two first may be restrained from oppression, by feeling and participating the burthens of the people, they should at fixed periods, be reduced to a private station, return into that body from which they were originally taken, and the vacancies be supplied by frequent, certain, and regular elections, in which all, or any part of the former members, to be again eligible, or ineligible, as the laws shall direct.