Charles E. Hughes, the Statesman: As Shown in the Opinions of the JuristE. P. Dutton, 1916 - 353 páginas |
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Página xi
... Congress , no less than the courts , have taken oath to support and fulfil the Constitution ; its provisions are no less binding upon them than upon the Supreme Court ; the constitutional opinions of the President and a majority of Congress ...
... Congress , no less than the courts , have taken oath to support and fulfil the Constitution ; its provisions are no less binding upon them than upon the Supreme Court ; the constitutional opinions of the President and a majority of Congress ...
Página xii
... Congress cannot go , without recourse to the people as the repositories of the ultimate power , through orderly amendment . But if a timid Executive or halting Congress hold views of National powers , duties , rights , and concep- tions ...
... Congress cannot go , without recourse to the people as the repositories of the ultimate power , through orderly amendment . But if a timid Executive or halting Congress hold views of National powers , duties , rights , and concep- tions ...
Página xiii
... Congress over- rides him or he changes his mind . Every mem- ber of the Supreme Court may believe that un- der the " commerce clause " of the Constitution and in the exercise of the broad power of the National government to act ...
... Congress over- rides him or he changes his mind . Every mem- ber of the Supreme Court may believe that un- der the " commerce clause " of the Constitution and in the exercise of the broad power of the National government to act ...
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... Congress had given prompt legislative sanction to the view ex- pressed by the minority in the Johnson case and had unmistakably declared that the penalties against mis - branding should be deemed applic- able to any " false and ...
... Congress had given prompt legislative sanction to the view ex- pressed by the minority in the Johnson case and had unmistakably declared that the penalties against mis - branding should be deemed applic- able to any " false and ...
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... Congress might authorise the reduction of the former to the plane of the latter , but could not require the carriers ... Congress over interstate commerce and interstate rates : The authority of Congress over interstate commerce and in ...
... Congress might authorise the reduction of the former to the plane of the latter , but could not require the carriers ... Congress over interstate commerce and interstate rates : The authority of Congress over interstate commerce and in ...
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Página 258 - ... that it is bona fide his Intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, and particularly, by name to the prince, potentate, state or sovereignty of which the alien may be at the time a citizen or subject.
Página 88 - But the fact that both parties are of full age and competent to contract does not necessarily deprive the state of the power to interfere, where the parties do not stand upon an equality, or where the public health demands that one party to the contract shall be protected against himself.
Página 41 - Provided, however, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to the transportation of passengers or property, or to the receiving, delivering, storage, or handling of property, wholly within one State, and not shipped to or from a foreign country from or to any State or Territory as aforesaid.
Página 26 - The genius and character of the whole government seem to be that its action is to be applied to all the external concerns of the nation, and to those internal concerns which affect the states generally...
Página 36 - Their regulation is a thing of domestic concern, and, certainly, until Congress acts in reference to their interstate relations, the State may exercise all the powers of government over them, even though in so doing it may indirectly operate upon commerce outside its immediate jurisdiction.
Página 163 - Differentiated by these matters from the other sex, she is properly placed in a class by herself, and legislation designed for her protection may be sustained, even when like legislation is not necessary for men, and could not be sustained.
Página 33 - They form a portion of that immense mass of legislation which embraces everything within the territory of a State not surrendered to the General Government; all which can be most advantageously exercised by the States themselves.
Página 68 - If the facility of interstate transportation can be taken away from the demoralization of lotteries, the debasement of obscene literature, the contagion of diseased cattle or persons, the impurity of food and drugs, the like facility can be taken away from the systematic enticement to and the enslavement in prostitution and debauchery of women, and, more insistently, of girls.
Página 48 - Our system of government is a practical adjustment by which the national authority as conferred by the Constitution is maintained in its full scope without unnecessary loss of local efficiency.
Página 51 - Wherever the interstate and intrastate transactions of carriers are so related that the government of the one involves the control of the other, it is Congress, and not the State, that is entitled to prescribe the final and dominant rule, for otherwise Congress would be denied the exercise of its constitutional authority and the State, and not the Nation, would be supreme within the national field.