Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States Before the Adoption of the Constitution, Volumen1Little, Brown,, 1891 |
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... legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Con- gress of the United States , which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives . SECTION 2 . 1. The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen ...
... legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Con- gress of the United States , which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives . SECTION 2 . 1. The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen ...
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... legislative and executive powers were vested in the president and councils of the colonies ; but their ordinances were not to touch life nor limb , and were in substance to conform to the laws of England , and were to continue in force ...
... legislative and executive powers were vested in the president and councils of the colonies ; but their ordinances were not to touch life nor limb , and were in substance to conform to the laws of England , and were to continue in force ...
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... legislative authority ; and to establish courts of justice , whose proceedings should be guided by the forms of the parent country . The rights of Englishmen were thus in a great measure secured to the colonists ; and under the ...
... legislative authority ; and to establish courts of justice , whose proceedings should be guided by the forms of the parent country . The rights of Englishmen were thus in a great measure secured to the colonists ; and under the ...
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... legislative authority was also given , subject to the restriction of not being contrary to the laws of England , as also for the imposition of fines and mulcts " according to the course of other corporations in England . " 1 Many other ...
... legislative authority was also given , subject to the restriction of not being contrary to the laws of England , as also for the imposition of fines and mulcts " according to the course of other corporations in England . " 1 Many other ...
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... legislative authority of other colonial assemblies , and also power to nomi- nate certain persons for office to the governor . The laws were to be subject to the approbation of the governor , who had a coun- cil of state to assist him ...
... legislative authority of other colonial assemblies , and also power to nomi- nate certain persons for office to the governor . The laws were to be subject to the approbation of the governor , who had a coun- cil of state to assist him ...
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Página xlii - ... 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury; and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any state, the trial shall be at such place or places as the congress may by law have directed.
Página 771 - At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the Government upon vital questions affecting the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their Government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Página 29 - Having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Página xxxiii - Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy ; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
Página 191 - It is obviously impracticable in the federal government of these States, to secure all rights of independent sovereignty to each, and yet provide for the interest and safety of all— Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
Página 755 - The result is a conviction that the states have no power, by taxation or otherwise, to retard, impede, burden, or in any manner control the operations of the constitutional laws enacted by Congress to carry into execution the powers vested in the general government.
Página xxxviii - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken.
Página 168 - The United States in Congress assembled shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority, or by that of the respective states...
Página 315 - The powers not delegated to the United States are reserved to the states, respectively, or to the people.' The government of the United States, therefore, can claim no powers which are not granted to it by the constitution, and the powers actually granted must be such as are expressly given, or given by necessary implication.
Página xxxii - State for which he shall be chosen. 4. The Vice-President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote unless they be equally divided. 5. The Senate shall choose their other officers, and also a President pro tempore in the absence of the VicePresident, or when he shall exercise the office of President of the United States.