Free Government in England and America: Containing the Great Charter, the Petition of Right, the Bill of Rights, the Federal Constitution, Volume 25 |
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... absolute government , are convinced that imperial- ism is better than republicanism - that the will of one man is better than the laws of many . The English , on the other side , are equally certain that their free system of laws is the ...
... absolute government , are convinced that imperial- ism is better than republicanism - that the will of one man is better than the laws of many . The English , on the other side , are equally certain that their free system of laws is the ...
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... absolute government , is ill adapted to meet and overcome great trials and difficulties . It is urged that while it is admirable in peace , economical in adminis tration , and effective in rule , in the ordinary affairs of life , it is ...
... absolute government , is ill adapted to meet and overcome great trials and difficulties . It is urged that while it is admirable in peace , economical in adminis tration , and effective in rule , in the ordinary affairs of life , it is ...
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... absolute unanimity , on the part of the people , except in its own prescribed way , then it follows , that , instead of a constitutional government , we had a purely democratic majority government . The real law of the Union was not the ...
... absolute unanimity , on the part of the people , except in its own prescribed way , then it follows , that , instead of a constitutional government , we had a purely democratic majority government . The real law of the Union was not the ...
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... absolute , with or without constitutional guarantees . It is exempt from the operation of the polity - beyond its jurisdiction . No people in ordaining civil institutions are authorized to trench upon this right . It is original and ...
... absolute , with or without constitutional guarantees . It is exempt from the operation of the polity - beyond its jurisdiction . No people in ordaining civil institutions are authorized to trench upon this right . It is original and ...
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... absolute freedom . In this spirit it is time to investigate not only what are the legitimate ends and mission of government , but what interests should be reserved from its operations . These reser- vations or limitations , we imagine ...
... absolute freedom . In this spirit it is time to investigate not only what are the legitimate ends and mission of government , but what interests should be reserved from its operations . These reser- vations or limitations , we imagine ...
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Page 387 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
Page 532 - Person. 2 The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it. 3 No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed. 4 No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Page 516 - And the articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the union shall be perpetual ; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State.
Page 529 - Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside. And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.
Page 495 - ... 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...
Page 570 - The question with me is not whether you have a right to render your people miserable, but whether it is not your interest to make them happy. It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do, but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.
Page 468 - All charges of war and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury...
Page 452 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the united colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Page 534 - 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.] 3.
Page 74 - It is also not entirely unworthy of observation, that in declaring what shall be the supreme law of the land, the Constitution itself is first mentioned ; and not the laws of the United States generally, but those only which shall be made in pursuance of the Constitution, have that rank.