The Science of Government as Exhibited in the Institutions of the United States of America |
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... arise in relation to any system of government is , what quantity of power shall be confided - how and by whom shall it be exercised . * Constitution of Massachusetts Preamble . A supposed solution of this question was discovered by ...
... arise in relation to any system of government is , what quantity of power shall be confided - how and by whom shall it be exercised . * Constitution of Massachusetts Preamble . A supposed solution of this question was discovered by ...
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... arise . Whenever this foundation shall be broken , the system will go down - not because it does . not possess or contain in its construction a grant of power , a grant of force adequate to its support , but because , whenever a ...
... arise . Whenever this foundation shall be broken , the system will go down - not because it does . not possess or contain in its construction a grant of power , a grant of force adequate to its support , but because , whenever a ...
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... arise from the interference of foreign nations or their citizens , or of one state or its citizens with the internal arrangement and affairs of another ; to regulate , in fact , the inter- course of the citizens of the several states ...
... arise from the interference of foreign nations or their citizens , or of one state or its citizens with the internal arrangement and affairs of another ; to regulate , in fact , the inter- course of the citizens of the several states ...
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... arise so long as our system shall exist . The government of the United States , then , although limited in its powers , is supreme ; and its laws , when made in pursuance of the constitution , form the supreme law of the land , any ...
... arise so long as our system shall exist . The government of the United States , then , although limited in its powers , is supreme ; and its laws , when made in pursuance of the constitution , form the supreme law of the land , any ...
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... arise , it will result , not from the deficiencies or incompleteness of the system , but from a disposition , on the part of those who admin- ister it , to lessen and detract from the rightful power and province of the one sovereignty ...
... arise , it will result , not from the deficiencies or incompleteness of the system , but from a disposition , on the part of those who admin- ister it , to lessen and detract from the rightful power and province of the one sovereignty ...
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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 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 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 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 274 - 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 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 225 - ... where the jurisdiction of a court, and the right of a plaintiff to prosecute his suit in it, have once attached, that right cannot be arrested or. taken away by proceedings in another court.