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... deciding on the powers of congress , and of the several states before the confederation , I see but one safe rule , namely , that all the powers actually exercised by congress before that period were rightfully exercised , on the ...
... deciding on the powers of congress , and of the several states before the confederation , I see but one safe rule , namely , that all the powers actually exercised by congress before that period were rightfully exercised , on the ...
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... decision of a majority . It is then no proof of the loss of their sovereignty that each state was bound by its own consent , by the decision of the majority of all the states in congress assembled . It was necessary ( g ) In Martin v ...
... decision of a majority . It is then no proof of the loss of their sovereignty that each state was bound by its own consent , by the decision of the majority of all the states in congress assembled . It was necessary ( g ) In Martin v ...
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... decision . He informs us that , ' soon after the organization of the present government , the ques- tion [ of the powers of the continental congress ] was most elaborately discussed before the supreme court of the Uni- ted States , in a ...
... decision . He informs us that , ' soon after the organization of the present government , the ques- tion [ of the powers of the continental congress ] was most elaborately discussed before the supreme court of the Uni- ted States , in a ...
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... decision , sustains the jurisdiction of the court of appeals established by congress . Mr. justice Paterson's opinion is founded mainly upon these grounds : That the powers actually exercised by congress ought to be considered as ...
... decision , sustains the jurisdiction of the court of appeals established by congress . Mr. justice Paterson's opinion is founded mainly upon these grounds : That the powers actually exercised by congress ought to be considered as ...
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... decision , then , merely affirms , what no one has ever thought of denying , that the revolutionary government exercised every power which the occasion required ; that , among these , the powers of peace and war were most im- portant ...
... decision , then , merely affirms , what no one has ever thought of denying , that the revolutionary government exercised every power which the occasion required ; that , among these , the powers of peace and war were most im- portant ...
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