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... punishment , or censure of their officers , of the proprietorship of land , or of mak- ing war or preserving peace . This may have seemed well in theory , but history shows that it resulted in a scene of perpetual turmoil . There was ...
... punishment , or censure of their officers , of the proprietorship of land , or of mak- ing war or preserving peace . This may have seemed well in theory , but history shows that it resulted in a scene of perpetual turmoil . There was ...
Page 103
... punish offences . A State legislature can declare any act of an individual deemed by it to be detrimental to the public good to be an offence , and can prescribe for it a punishment . Whatever that body may con- ceive to be injurious to ...
... punish offences . A State legislature can declare any act of an individual deemed by it to be detrimental to the public good to be an offence , and can prescribe for it a punishment . Whatever that body may con- ceive to be injurious to ...
Page 104
... punish murder or theft in general , because that is within the province of the individual States . The General ... punishment of the offence of counterfeiting notes of a foreign bank or corporation . United States v . Arjona , 120 ...
... punish murder or theft in general , because that is within the province of the individual States . The General ... punishment of the offence of counterfeiting notes of a foreign bank or corporation . United States v . Arjona , 120 ...
Page 165
... punishment prescribed for the of- fence and the guilt of the offender ; and when the pardon is full it releases the punishment and blots out of existence the guilt , so that in the eye of the law the offender is as innocent as if he had ...
... punishment prescribed for the of- fence and the guilt of the offender ; and when the pardon is full it releases the punishment and blots out of existence the guilt , so that in the eye of the law the offender is as innocent as if he had ...
Page 167
... punish- ment by his pardon . The Executive . Pardons . The power of the President to make treaties , Power to make in which the concurrence of two - thirds of the treaties . senators present when the treaty is voted on shall be ...
... punish- ment by his pardon . The Executive . Pardons . The power of the President to make treaties , Power to make in which the concurrence of two - thirds of the treaties . senators present when the treaty is voted on shall be ...
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Page 717 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
Page 723 - States; regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians not members of any of the States — provided that the legislative right of any State within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
Page 142 - 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 I the manner most beneficial to the people.
Page 357 - ... the practice, pleadings, and forms and modes of proceeding existing at the time in like causes in the courts of record of the state within which such circuit or district courts are held, any rule of court to the contrary notwithstanding,
Page 723 - ... appointing all officers of the land forces, in the service of the united states, excepting regimental officers — appointing all the officers of the naval forces, and commissioning all officers whatever in the service of the united states — making rules for the government and regulation of the said land and naval forces, and directing their operations. The united states in congress assembled shall have authority to appoint a committee, to sit in the recess of congress, to be denominated "a...
Page 716 - Delegates of the United States of America in Congress assembled did on the fifteenth day of November in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-seven, and in the Second Year of the Independence of America agree to certain articles of Confederation and perpetual Union between the States of Newhampshire, Massachusetts-bay...
Page 718 - If any person, guilty of or charged with treason, felony, or other high misdemeanor, in any State, shall flee from justice, and be found in any of the United States, he shall, upon demand of the Governor, or executive power of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, and removed to the State having jurisdiction of his offence. 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.
Page 676 - ... 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 696 - Members from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the 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.]1 The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes ; which Day shall...
Page 7 - Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a convention of delegates who shall have been appointed by the several states be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of confederation and reporting to congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the several states render the federal constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation...