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... lands . ments . - ― Admission of states . - Indian tribes , LECTURE X. • 163 191 219 Territorial govern- 249 The relation which subsists between the federal government and the several states . Between the several states as independent ...
... lands . ments . - ― Admission of states . - Indian tribes , LECTURE X. • 163 191 219 Territorial govern- 249 The relation which subsists between the federal government and the several states . Between the several states as independent ...
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... land , any thing in the constitu- tion or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstand- ing . " In a more recent case , the same eminent jurist affirmed these views , and again says : " The constitution ( of the United States ) was ...
... land , any thing in the constitu- tion or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstand- ing . " In a more recent case , the same eminent jurist affirmed these views , and again says : " The constitution ( of the United States ) was ...
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... land , and no state legislation can control it . It follows , if each sovereignty shall be con- tent with its own trusts , each performing its peculiar duties , and asserting in good faith and in a spirit of comity its own rights , the ...
... land , and no state legislation can control it . It follows , if each sovereignty shall be con- tent with its own trusts , each performing its peculiar duties , and asserting in good faith and in a spirit of comity its own rights , the ...
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... lands under grants of different states , and between a state , or the citizens thereof , and foreign states . * In all cases affecting ambassadors , other public minis- ters , and consuls , and those in which a state shall be a party ...
... lands under grants of different states , and between a state , or the citizens thereof , and foreign states . * In all cases affecting ambassadors , other public minis- ters , and consuls , and those in which a state shall be a party ...
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... land descends in a particular line , to the exclusion of all other branches , has been abro- gated , — the effect of which has been in favor of liberty and the rights of the people . The acquisition of land is open and easy to every ...
... land descends in a particular line , to the exclusion of all other branches , has been abro- gated , — the effect of which has been in favor of liberty and the rights of the people . The acquisition of land is open and easy to every ...
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Page 235 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Page 47 - The jurisdiction of the nation within its own territory is necessarily exclusive and absolute. It is susceptible of no limitation not imposed by itself. Any restriction upon it, deriving validity from an external source, would imply a diminution of its sovereignty to the extent of the restriction, and an investment of that sovereignty to the same extent in that power which could impose such restrictions.
Page 168 - is a social compact by which the whole people covenants with each citizen, and each citizen with the whole people, that all shall be governed by certain laws for the common good.
Page 313 - ... in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are the parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them...
Page 175 - THERE is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination, and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of . property ; or that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world} in total exclusion of the right of any other individual in the universe.
Page 7 - RESOLVED, That the preceding Constitution be laid before the United States, in Congress assembled, and that it is the opinion of this Convention, that it should afterwards be submitted to a Convention of Delegates, chosen in each State by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its Legislature, for their assent and ratification...
Page 81 - It may not be unworthy of remark that it is very unusual, even in cases of conquest, for the conqueror to do more than to displace the sovereign and assume dominion over the country. The modern usage of nations, which has become law, would be violated ; that sense of justice and of right which is acknowledged and felt by the whole civilized world would be outraged, if private property should be generally confiscated Dissenting Opinion : Shiras, Field, JJ. and private rights annulled.
Page 92 - The government which has a right to do an act, and has imposed on it the duty of performing that act, must, according to the dictates of reason, be allowed to select the means ; and those who contend that it may not select any appropriate means, that one particular mode of effecting the object is excepted, take upon themselves the burden of establishing that exception.
Page 170 - ... to make, ordain, and establish, all manner of wholesome and reasonable orders, laws, statutes, and ordinances, directions and instructions, either with penalties or without; so as the same be not repugnant or contrary to this constitution, as they shall judge to be for the good and welfare of this commonwealth, and for the government and ordering thereof, and of the subjects of the same...
Page 113 - Until further provision is made by Congress, all pilots in the bays, inlets, rivers, harbors, and ports of the United States shall continue to be regulated in conformity with the existing laws of the States respectively wherein such pilots may be, or with such laws as the States may respectively enact for the purpose.