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Copyright, 1910

By W. W. WILLOUGHBY, Ph. D.

J. B. LYON COMPANY PRINTERS AND BINDERS

ALBANY N. Y.

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6. Circumstances under which the courts will hold an act of
Congress void....

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7. Legislative motives

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8. Expediency and reasonableness of legislation not subject to
judicial determination

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9. Presumption in favor of the constitutionality of an act
of Congress

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10. Presumption in favor of the constitutionality of a state
statute

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11. The force of contemporaneous or long continued legislative.
interpretation ...

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12. Legislative and executive practice not absolutely binding.
13. Extrinsic evidence

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14. Technical terms

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15. The interpretative value of debates in constitutional con

ventions.

16. The Federalist

17. History of the times...

18. The interpretative value of legislative debates.

19. Resort to the preamble for purpose of construction..
20. "We, the People"

21. "Constitution "..

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23. The Constitution is to be construed as a whole..
24. So-called "natural" or "unwritten constitutional
have no constructive force....

25. The "spirit" of the Constitution.

" laws

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SECTION 26. Applicability of constitutional provisions to modern con

ditions .

27. The Wilson-Roosevelt doctrine of construction.
28. Sture Decisis

CHAPTER III.

THE DIVISION OF POWERS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND ITS MEMBER

SECTION 29. Federal powers...

STATES.

30. Express and implied powers..

31. Federal powers to be liberally construed..

32. Strict construction a corollary of the States' Rights

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35. Administrative necessity as a source of federal power....

34. McCulloch v. Maryland..

implied powers

36. International sovereignty and responsibility as a source of

37. Resulting powers.

38. Inherent sovereign powers..

39. Express limitations upon the Federal Government...
40. Implied limitations upon the Federal Government....
41. Exclusive and concurrent federal powers...

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CHAPTER IV.

THE SUPREMACY OF FEDERAL AUTHORITY.

SECTION 42. Federal supremacy

43. The States may not be coerced.

44. Conclusion.

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CHAPTER V.

THE MAINTENANCE OF FEDERAL SUPREMACY: THE FREEDOM OF FEDERAL

AGENCIES FROM INTERFERENCE OR CONTROL BY THE STATES.

SECTION 45. State taxation of federal governmental agencies.

46. Property of federal agencies may be taxed.

47. State taxation of federal franchises.

43. State taxation of patent rights..

9. State taxation of federally licensed occupations...

50. State taxation of federal salaries

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1. State taxation of federal property..

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52. State taxation of federal securities.

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53. Income from federal securities exempt from state taxation.
54. State taxation of circulating notes of national banks.....
55. State taxation of bequests to the United States...

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SECTION 82. Public office not a property or contract right

83. Suits between two or more claimants to state office..
84. Taylor v. Beckham....

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CHAPTER XI.

FEDERAL SUPERVISION OF STATE ACTIVITIES: THE FOURTEENTH
AMENDMENT.

SICTION 85. The Fourteenth Amendment..

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86. The Slaughter House Cases..

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87. Effect of Fourteenth Amendment upon rights enumerated
in first eight amendments...

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88. Suffrage not a necessary incident of citizenship.
89. Legislative power granted Congress by the Fourteenth

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94. Full faith and credit clause applies only to civil judg-
ments and decrees...

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95. Full faith and credit clause establishes a rule of evidence..

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102. Privileges of one State not carried into other States...... 217 103. Corporations not citizens within the meaning of the Comity Clause

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CHAPTER XIV.

INTERSTATE RELATIONS: EXTRADITION.

SECTION 104. Interstate extradition

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105. Extradition by the States of the Union to foreign States.
106. Auxiliary legislation by the States....

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107. Judicial examination of extradition proceedings..

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"fugitive".

108. Abduction and forcible return of fugitives from justice.
109. Trial for offenses other than those for which extradited..
110. Who is a

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111. Fugitive slaves

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