The Constitutional Review, Volumen1National Association for Constitutional Government, 1917 Includes section "Book reviews". |
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... exercise of judgment and the personal burdens and duties of admin- istering the government . No question of the power of the peo- ple is involved in the proper discus- sions of , or in answering this question . Since the promulgation of ...
... exercise of judgment and the personal burdens and duties of admin- istering the government . No question of the power of the peo- ple is involved in the proper discus- sions of , or in answering this question . Since the promulgation of ...
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... exercise the powers of government through representatives chosen by our- selves under the plan given to us by the founders of this nation , or shall we dis- card this plan and attempt to personally exercise the judgment , the duties and ...
... exercise the powers of government through representatives chosen by our- selves under the plan given to us by the founders of this nation , or shall we dis- card this plan and attempt to personally exercise the judgment , the duties and ...
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... exercise it in masses or per capita . They can only exercise it by their rep- resentatives . *** It is one of the prin- ciples of the American system that the people limit their governments , national and state . It is another principle ...
... exercise it in masses or per capita . They can only exercise it by their rep- resentatives . *** It is one of the prin- ciples of the American system that the people limit their governments , national and state . It is another principle ...
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... exercise by the courts of what has hitherto been thought their unquestionable right and duty . It is demanded that the will of the people shall prevail , be it right or wrong , just or unjust , constitutional or unconstitutional . It is ...
... exercise by the courts of what has hitherto been thought their unquestionable right and duty . It is demanded that the will of the people shall prevail , be it right or wrong , just or unjust , constitutional or unconstitutional . It is ...
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... exercising this power and performing this duty , in respect to his criticisms upon the decision of the Su- preme Court ... exercise of the judicial power- though to the judge it is only the per- formance of a duty which he would gladly ...
... exercising this power and performing this duty , in respect to his criticisms upon the decision of the Su- preme Court ... exercise of the judicial power- though to the judge it is only the per- formance of a duty which he would gladly ...
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Página 21 - This Government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upon full investigation and mature deliberation, completely free in its principles, in the distribution of its powers, uniting security with energy, and containing within itself a provision for its own amendment, has a just claim to your confidence and your support. Respect for its authority, compliance with its laws, acquiescence in its measures, are duties enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true liberty.
Página 21 - Towards the preservation of your government, and the permanency of your present happy state, it is requisite not only that you steadily discountenance irregular oppositions to its acknowledged authority, but also that you resist with care the spirit of innovation upon its principles, however specious the pretexts.
Página 20 - If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation, for though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
Página 17 - Hence it is that such democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention, have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property, and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths. Theoretic...
Página 103 - The nation may grant the same right to foreigners, provided they agree before the department of foreign affairs to be considered Mexicans in respect to such property, and accordingly not to invoke the protection of their Governments in respect to the eame, under penalty, in case of breach, of forfeiture to the nation of property so acquired.
Página 21 - That there are persons in one section or another who seek to destroy the Union at all events, and are glad of any pretext to do it, I will neither affirm nor deny ; but if there be such, I need address no word to them. To those, however, who really love the Union, may I not speak? Before entering upon so grave a matter as the destruction of our National fabric, with all its benefits, its memories, and its hopes, would it not be wise to ascertain precisely why we do it?
Página 17 - From this view of the subject it may be concluded that a pure democracy, by which I mean a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person, can admit of no cure for the mischiefs of faction. A common passion or interest will, in almost every case, be felt by a majority of the whole ; a communication and concert result from the form of government itself ; and there is nothing to check the inducements to sacrifice the weaker party or an obnoxious...
Página 15 - The science of politics, however, like most other sciences, has received great improvement. The efficacy of various principles is now well understood, which were either not known at all, or imperfectly known to the ancients.
Página 33 - The cardinal principle of statutory construction is to save and not to destroy. We have repeatedly held that as between two possible interpretations of a statute, by one of which it would be unconstitutional and by the other valid, our plain duty is to adopt that which will save the act. Even to avoid a serious doubt the rule is the same.
Página 32 - It is that unless the party setting up the unconstitutionality of the state law belongs to the class for whose sake the constitutional protection is given, or the class primarily protected, this court does not listen to his objections, and will not go into imaginary cases, notwithstanding the seeming logic of the position that it must do so, because if, for any reason, or as against any class embraced, the law is unconstitutional, it is void as to all.