Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States, Before the Adoption of the Constitution, المجلد 2Hilliard, Gray,, 1833 - 736 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة xvii
... legislative powers herein granted , shall be vested in a congress of the United States , which shall consist of a senate and house of representatives . SECTION 2 . 1. The house of representatives shall be composed of mem- bers chosen ...
... legislative powers herein granted , shall be vested in a congress of the United States , which shall consist of a senate and house of representatives . SECTION 2 . 1. The house of representatives shall be composed of mem- bers chosen ...
الصفحة 9
... legislative and executive powers in a council nominated by the crown , and guided by its instructions , every person settling in America seems to have been bereaved of the noblest privileges of a free man . But without hesitation or ...
... legislative and executive powers in a council nominated by the crown , and guided by its instructions , every person settling in America seems to have been bereaved of the noblest privileges of a free man . But without hesitation or ...
الصفحة 11
... legislative authority ; and to establish courts of justice , whose proceedings should be guided by the forms of the parent country . The rights of Englishmen were thus , in a great measure , secured to the CH . II . ] ORIGIn and ...
... legislative authority ; and to establish courts of justice , whose proceedings should be guided by the forms of the parent country . The rights of Englishmen were thus , in a great measure , secured to the CH . II . ] ORIGIn and ...
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... legislative powers . They , there- fore , remained in legal contemplation a mere voluntary association , exercising the highest powers and preroga- tives of sovereignty , and yielding obedience to the laws and magistrates chosen by ...
... legislative powers . They , there- fore , remained in legal contemplation a mere voluntary association , exercising the highest powers and preroga- tives of sovereignty , and yielding obedience to the laws and magistrates chosen by ...
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... legislative authority was also given , subject to the restriction of not being contrary to the laws of England , as also for the imposi- tion of fines and mulcts " according to the course of other corporations in England . " Many other ...
... legislative authority was also given , subject to the restriction of not being contrary to the laws of England , as also for the imposi- tion of fines and mulcts " according to the course of other corporations in England . " Many other ...
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الصفحة xxviii - ... 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.
الصفحة 361 - Commerce, undoubtedly, is traffic, but it is something more, — it is intercourse. It describes the commercial intercourse between nations and parts of nations in all its branches, and is regulated by prescribing rules for carrying on that intercourse.
الصفحة 147 - A constitution, to contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit, and of all the means by which they may be carried into execution, would partake of the prolixity of a legal code, and could scarcely be embraced by the human mind.
الصفحة xx - Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy ; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
الصفحة 476 - States declares that congress shall have power to dispose of, and make all needful rules and regulations respecting, the territory and other property belonging to the United States.
الصفحة xxiii - ... 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.
الصفحة 697 - That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence...
الصفحة xxviii - Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
الصفحة xxv - The congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes, which day shall be the same throughout the United States. 5. No person, except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this constitution, shall be eligible to the office of president; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of...
الصفحة 603 - Next to permanency in office, nothing can contribute more to the independence of the judges than a fixed provision for their support.