Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, 59th Congress, 1st Session [February 21-March 20, 1906] in Relation to H.R. 3159, H.R. 13655, H.R. 13856, H.R. 16479 |
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... statute does not touch that point at all ? Mr. WILLIAMS . Oh , no . No law in any State , so far as I know , ever has attempted to do that . Mr. CLAYTON . You do not think that such a law would be valid , do you ? I Mr. WILLIAMS . I do ...
... statute does not touch that point at all ? Mr. WILLIAMS . Oh , no . No law in any State , so far as I know , ever has attempted to do that . Mr. CLAYTON . You do not think that such a law would be valid , do you ? I Mr. WILLIAMS . I do ...
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... statute books , ought to be executed , and there ought to be no action or nonaction upon the part of the Congress of the United States that would interfere with its execution by the local authorities . What we say here is , Let the ...
... statute books , ought to be executed , and there ought to be no action or nonaction upon the part of the Congress of the United States that would interfere with its execution by the local authorities . What we say here is , Let the ...
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... statute book that this C. O. D. delivery was a sale within the State , and therefore unlawful by the Wilson Act itself , that it would affect all other sorts of commerce . ( Reading :) " It becomes apparant that the principle , if ...
... statute book that this C. O. D. delivery was a sale within the State , and therefore unlawful by the Wilson Act itself , that it would affect all other sorts of commerce . ( Reading :) " It becomes apparant that the principle , if ...
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... statute . " The Iowa law had a penalty against the renting or use of a building , you understand , for the purpose of keeping for sale intoxicants . " There was a plea of not guilty , a trial and verdict of guilty , and a sentence ...
... statute . " The Iowa law had a penalty against the renting or use of a building , you understand , for the purpose of keeping for sale intoxicants . " There was a plea of not guilty , a trial and verdict of guilty , and a sentence ...
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... statute books since the civil war . It has now been before Congress for several sessions and its iniquities and supposed virtues have been pretty well thrashed out , but this brief synopsis of objections is filed in the hope that it may ...
... statute books since the civil war . It has now been before Congress for several sessions and its iniquities and supposed virtues have been pretty well thrashed out , but this brief synopsis of objections is filed in the hope that it may ...
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Page 49 - And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks : nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more, But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree ; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it.
Page 233 - ... transported Into any State or Territory, or remaining therein for use, consumption, sale or storage therein, shall upon arrival In such State or Territory be subject to the operation and effect of the laws of such State or Territory enacted in the exercise of its police powers, to the same extent and in the same manner as though such liquids or liquors had been produced in such State or Territory, and shall not be exempt therefrom by reason of being introduced therein In original packages or...
Page 313 - It is the power to regulate; that is, to prescribe the rule by which commerce is to be governed. This power, like all others vested in Congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations, other than are prescribed in the constitution.
Page 136 - ... transported into any state or territory or remaining therein for use, consumption, sale or storage therein, shall upon arrival in such state or territory be subject to the operation and effect of the laws of such state or territory enacted in the exercise of its police powers, to the same extent and in the same manner as though such liquids or liquors had been produced in such state or territory, and shall not be exempt therefrom by reason of being introduced therein in original packages or otherwise.
Page 313 - If, as has always been understood, the sovereignty of congress, though limited to specified objects, is plenary as to those objects, the power over commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, is vested in congress as absolutely as it would be in a single government, having in its constitution the same restrictions on the exercise of the power as are found in the constitution of the United States.
Page 29 - That all fermented, distilled or other intoxicating liquors or liquids transported into any State or Territory or remaining therein for use, consumption, sale or storage therein, shall upon arrival in such State or Territory be subject to the operation and effect of the laws of such State or Territory enacted in the exercise of its police powers, to the same extent and in the same manner as though such liquids...
Page 53 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it in the manner most beneficial to the people.
Page 86 - ... not only the right of the citizen to be free from the mere physical restraint of his person, as by incarceration, but the term is deemed to embrace the right of the citizen to be free in the enjoyment of all his faculties; to be free to use them in all lawful ways ; to live and work where he will ; to earn his livelihood by any lawful calling ; to pursue any livelihood or avocation, and for that purpose to enter into all contracts which may be proper, necessary and essential to his carrying out...
Page 64 - ... The wisdom and the discretion of Congress, their identity with the people, and the influence which their constituents possess at elections, are, in this, as in many other instances, as that, for example, of declaring war, the sole restraints on which they have relied, to secure them from its abuse. They are the restraints on which the people must often rely solely, in all representative governments.
Page 187 - I did file such a bill in the Supreme Court of the United States. The Supreme Court of the United States...