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, Volume 1 |
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... present age has approved , as an act of undisputed justice . Your expositions of constitutional law enjoy a rare and extraordinary authority . They constitute a monument of fame far beyond the adinary memorials of political and military ...
... present age has approved , as an act of undisputed justice . Your expositions of constitutional law enjoy a rare and extraordinary authority . They constitute a monument of fame far beyond the adinary memorials of political and military ...
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... present freedom , may I not say , that at your age all reserve may well be spared , since all your labours must soon belong exclusively to history ? Allow me to add , that I have a desire ( will it be deemed presumptuous ) to record on ...
... present freedom , may I not say , that at your age all reserve may well be spared , since all your labours must soon belong exclusively to history ? Allow me to add , that I have a desire ( will it be deemed presumptuous ) to record on ...
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... present . 7. Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend fur- ther than to removal from office , and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honour , trust , or profit , under the United States ; but the party convicted ...
... present . 7. Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend fur- ther than to removal from office , and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honour , trust , or profit , under the United States ; but the party convicted ...
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... present , be entered on the journal . 4. Neither house , during the session of congress , shall , with- out the consent of the other , adjourn for more than three days , nor to any other place than that in which the two houses shall be ...
... present , be entered on the journal . 4. Neither house , during the session of congress , shall , with- out the consent of the other , adjourn for more than three days , nor to any other place than that in which the two houses shall be ...
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... present concur ; and he shall , nominate , and by and with the advice and consent of the senate , shall appoint ambas- sadors , other public ministers and consuls , judges of the su- preme court , and all other officers of the United ...
... present concur ; and he shall , nominate , and by and with the advice and consent of the senate , shall appoint ambas- sadors , other public ministers and consuls , judges of the su- preme court , and all other officers of the United ...
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Page 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.
Page xxvi - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly, until the disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.
Page 419 - 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 255 - It is obviously impracticable in the federal government of these States, to secure all rights of independent sovereignty to each, and yet provide for the interest and safety of all— Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
Page 180 - That the foundation of English liberty, and of all free government, is a right in the people to participate in their legislative council and as the English colonists are not represented, and from their local and other circumstances, cannot properly be represented in the British parliament, they are entitled to a free and exclusive power of legislation in their several provincial legislatures...
Page 217 - 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 whatsoever.
Page 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.
Page 294 - Society is indeed a contract. Subordinate contracts for objects of mere occasional interest may be dissolved at pleasure ; but the state ought not to be considered as nothing better than a partnership agreement in a trade of pepper and coffee, calico or tobacco, or some other such low concern, to be taken up for a little temporary interest, and to be dissolved by the fancy of the parties.