Commentaries on the constitution of the United States, Volumen1C. C. Little and J. Brown, 1851 |
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... practice of other countries , and especially in our own , there has been no diversity of judgment or opinion . During our whole colonial history , this was acted upon by the British parlia- ment , as an uncontested doctrine . That ...
... practice of other countries , and especially in our own , there has been no diversity of judgment or opinion . During our whole colonial history , this was acted upon by the British parlia- ment , as an uncontested doctrine . That ...
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... practice of all nations , and was known and admitted by the United States while they were colonies , and has ever since been acted upon without opposition or question . The American colonies wholly denied the authority of the British ...
... practice of all nations , and was known and admitted by the United States while they were colonies , and has ever since been acted upon without opposition or question . The American colonies wholly denied the authority of the British ...
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... practice of other nations , and especially of Great Britain and of the American states , has been to use it in this manner ; and this exercise of it was one of the very grounds upon which the establishment of the constitution was urged ...
... practice of other nations , and especially of Great Britain and of the American states , has been to use it in this manner ; and this exercise of it was one of the very grounds upon which the establishment of the constitution was urged ...
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... practice of the government and the doctrines maintained by those , who have adminis tered it , be deliberately examined ; and they will be found to be in entire consistency with this reasoning . The very first congress , that ever sat ...
... practice of the government and the doctrines maintained by those , who have adminis tered it , be deliberately examined ; and they will be found to be in entire consistency with this reasoning . The very first congress , that ever sat ...
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... practice and claims of the nations of modern Europe . See Rawle on the Const . ch . 9 , p . 85 to 101 ; Sergeant on Const . Law , ch . 28 , [ ch . 30 ] ; 2 Kent's Comm . Lect . 25 , p . 3 to 42 . exclusive power by implication , arising ...
... practice and claims of the nations of modern Europe . See Rawle on the Const . ch . 9 , p . 85 to 101 ; Sergeant on Const . Law , ch . 28 , [ ch . 30 ] ; 2 Kent's Comm . Lect . 25 , p . 3 to 42 . exclusive power by implication , arising ...
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Página 4 - Commerce, undoubtedly, is traffic, but it is something more, — it is intercourse. It describes the commercial intercourse between nations and parts of nations in all its branches, and is regulated by prescribing rules for carrying on that intercourse.
Página 370 - Certainly all those who have framed written constitutions contemplate them as forming the fundamental and paramount law of the nation, and consequently the theory of every such government must be, that an act of the legislature, repugnant to the Constitution, is void.
Página 186 - States declares that congress shall have power to dispose of, and make all needful rules and regulations respecting, the territory and other property belonging to the United States.
Página 118 - Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer's cloud, Without our special wonder?
Página 541 - It is not the intention of the court to say that no individual can be guilty of this crime who has not appeared in arms against his country. On the contrary, if war be actually levied, that is, if a body of men be actually assembled for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose, all those who perform any part, however minute, or however remote from the scene of action, and who are actually leagued in the general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors.
Página 178 - And the said records and judicial proceedings authenticated as aforesaid, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court within the United States, as they have by law or usage in the courts of the state from whence the said records are or shall be taken.
Página 593 - ... authorize and require the several towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies politic or religious societies, to make suitable provision, at their own expense, for the institution of the public worship of God, and for the support and maintenance of public Protestant teachers of piety, religion, and morality, in all cases where such provision shall not be made voluntarily.
Página 368 - Limitations of this kind can be preserved in practice no other way than through the medium of courts of justice, whose duty it must be to declare all acts contrary to the manifest tenor of the Constitution void. Without this, all the reservations of particular rights or privileges would amount to nothing.
Página 412 - Next to permanency in office, nothing can contribute more to the independence of the judges than a fixed provision for their support.
Página 543 - The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this Union, the free inhabitants of each of these States, paupers, vagabonds and fugitives from justice excepted, shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens...