The Spirit of American Government: A Study of the Constitution: Its Origin, Influence and Relation to DemocracyMacmillan, 1907 - 409 páginas |
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... expression of the will of a minority . Even in the United States , where hereditary rule was overthrown by the Revolution , an effective and recognized minority control still survived through the property quali- fications for the ...
... expression of the will of a minority . Even in the United States , where hereditary rule was overthrown by the Revolution , an effective and recognized minority control still survived through the property quali- fications for the ...
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... expression . The spirit of resistance to what was regarded as unconstitutional taxation rapidly assumed the form of avowed opposition to the English Constitution itself . The people were ready for a larger measure of political democracy ...
... expression . The spirit of resistance to what was regarded as unconstitutional taxation rapidly assumed the form of avowed opposition to the English Constitution itself . The people were ready for a larger measure of political democracy ...
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... expression of the political philosophy of the Revolution ; but like the state constitutions of that period , it has had few friendly critics among later political writers . Much emphasis has been put upon its defects , which were many ...
... expression of the political philosophy of the Revolution ; but like the state constitutions of that period , it has had few friendly critics among later political writers . Much emphasis has been put upon its defects , which were many ...
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... expression to this contempt for democracy . The doors were closed to the public and the utmost secrecy maintained with regard to the proceedings . Members were not allowed to communicate with any one outside of that body concerning the ...
... expression to this contempt for democracy . The doors were closed to the public and the utmost secrecy maintained with regard to the proceedings . Members were not allowed to communicate with any one outside of that body concerning the ...
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... expression of the popular will . Constitu- tional provisions designed to obstruct amendment are not only an anomaly in popular government , but they are in the very nature of the case in- operative . This follows from the fact that the ...
... expression of the popular will . Constitu- tional provisions designed to obstruct amendment are not only an anomaly in popular government , but they are in the very nature of the case in- operative . This follows from the fact that the ...
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Página 203 - But the most common and durable source of factions, has been the various and unequal distribution of property. Those who hold, and those who are without property, have ever formed distinct interests in society.
Página 75 - The interpretation of the laws is the proper and peculiar province of the courts. A constitution is, in fact, and must be regarded by the judges, as a fundamental law. It therefore belongs to them to ascertain its meaning, as well as the meaning of any particular act proceeding from the legislative body.
Página 73 - The complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution. By a limited Constitution I understand one which contains certain specified exceptions to the legislative authority...
Página 74 - Some perplexity respecting the rights of the courts to pronounce legislative acts void, because contrary to the Constitution, has arisen from an imagination that the doctrine would imply a superiority of the judiciary to the legislative power. It is urged that the authority which can declare the acts of another void must necessarily be superior to the one whose acts may be declared void.
Página 74 - It is far more rational to suppose, that the courts were designed to be an intermediate body between the people and the legislature, in order, among other things, to keep the latter within the limits assigned to their authority.
Página 43 - Complaints are everywhere heard from our most considerate and virtuous citizens, equally the friends of public and private faith, and of public and personal liberty, that our governments are too unstable ; that the public good is disregarded in the conflicts of rival parties ; and that measures are too often decided, not according to the rules of justice, and the rights of the minor party, but by the superior force of an interested and overbearing majority.
Página 204 - If a faction consists of less than a majority, relief is supplied by the republican principle which enables the majority to defeat its sinister views by regular vote. It may clog the administration, it may convulse the society, but it will be unable to execute and mask its violence under the forms of the Constitution.
Página 203 - Among the numerous advantages promised by a wellconstructed Union, none deserves to be more accurately developed than its tendency to break and control the violence of faction. The friend of popular governments never finds himself so much alarmed for their character and fate, as when he contemplates their propensity to this dangerous vice. He will not fail, therefore, to set a due value on any plan which, without violating the principles to which he is attached, provides...
Página 182 - That a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest Court of law or equity of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had...
Página 204 - Those who hold and those who are without property have ever formed distinct interests in society. Those who are creditors and those who are debtors fall under a like discrimination. A landed interest, a manufacturing interest, a mercantile interest, a moneyed interest, with many lesser interests, grow up of necessity in civilized nations, and divide them into different classes, actuated by different sentiments and views.