Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... Executive , 1 June ( Madison ) ( d ) Safety and the Senate , 7 June ( Madison ) • 241 244 250 254 261 · 262 266 • 274 279 282 • 292 305 ( j ) Qualifications for Suffrage , 7 August ( Madison ) ( k ) Foreigners and the Senate , 9 August ...
... Executive , 1 June ( Madison ) ( d ) Safety and the Senate , 7 June ( Madison ) • 241 244 250 254 261 · 262 266 • 274 279 282 • 292 305 ( j ) Qualifications for Suffrage , 7 August ( Madison ) ( k ) Foreigners and the Senate , 9 August ...
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... executive authority in each colony after the royal governors had dissolved the colonial assemblies , followed the recommendation of 15 May 1776 by the Continental Congress ( p . 148 ) , drafted state con- stitutions for their ...
... executive authority in each colony after the royal governors had dissolved the colonial assemblies , followed the recommendation of 15 May 1776 by the Continental Congress ( p . 148 ) , drafted state con- stitutions for their ...
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... executive power , the governor was made a mere creature of the legisla- ture . Nevertheless , the Virginia constitution was imitated by most of the states , and lasted until 1830 . - The Pennsylvania constitution ( p . 162 ) with its ...
... executive power , the governor was made a mere creature of the legisla- ture . Nevertheless , the Virginia constitution was imitated by most of the states , and lasted until 1830 . - The Pennsylvania constitution ( p . 162 ) with its ...
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... executive courts will adjudge such Act void . It may be questioned by some , tho ' I make no doubt of it , whether they are not obliged by their oaths to adjudge such Act void . ... [ p . 42 ] I cannot but observe here , that if the ...
... executive courts will adjudge such Act void . It may be questioned by some , tho ' I make no doubt of it , whether they are not obliged by their oaths to adjudge such Act void . ... [ p . 42 ] I cannot but observe here , that if the ...
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... executive errs , it is informed by the supreme legislative in Parliament : If the supreme legislative errs , it is informed by the supreme executive in the King's courts of law . Here , the King appears , as represented by his judges ...
... executive errs , it is informed by the supreme legislative in Parliament : If the supreme legislative errs , it is informed by the supreme executive in the King's courts of law . Here , the King appears , as represented by his judges ...
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