[The figures refer to pages.] REMOVAL OF CAUSES, from state courts to federal courts, 163–166. statutes authorizing, 163. parties, 164, 165. nature of suits removable, 165. time of application, 166. states cannot abridge right of, 166. REPRESENTATION, and taxation, are correlative, 395. REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, established in the United States and the states, 28. REPRIEVES, power of governor to grant, 272. distinguished from pardon, 273. REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT, established in the United States, 28. guarantied to each state, 260. taxation and representation a maxim of, 395. REQUISITION, for surrender of fugitive criminal, 253. RESIGNATION, of President of United States, 93. RESPONSIBILITY, political and personal, 12-14. RETROACTIVE LAWS, validity of, 626. retroactive effect avoided by construction, 627. curative statutes, 628. curing administrative action, 630. curing defective judicial proceedings, 632. RETROSPECTIVE, construction of constitutious should not be, 69. REVENUE, of municipal corporations, legislative control over, 435. REVENUE LAWS, of United States and state police laws, 374. of states, see "Taxation." due process of law in enforcement of, 485. REVOLUTION, right of, 11. SEARCHES AND SEIZURES, unreasonable, prohibited by the constitutions, 500. security of the dwelling, 500. when an entry may be forced, 501. compulsory production of papers, 502. inviolability of the mails, 503. general warrants, 503. search warrants, 504. requisites of, 504. for what purposes used, 505. in aid of police regulations, 506. in aid of sanitary regulations, 507. military orders, 507. [The figures refer to pages.] SEARCH WARRANTS, see "Searches and Seizures." SECESSION, no right of, in the United States, 28. SEDITIOUS LIBELS, English law of, 543. SEIZURES, of person or property, see "Searches and Seizures." SELF-CRIMINATION, privilege against, 574. SELF-GOVERNMENT, local, the right of, 427. SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, election of Vice President by, 90. participation in making of treaties, 106, 108. confirmation of appointments by, 111. trial of impeachments by, 120. composition of, 167. election of members, 167, 168. powers of, 169. determining contested elections, 170. privilege of members against arrest, 170. power to punish for contempts, 172. SERVITUDE, involuntary, prohibited, 460. SHIPS, power of congress to regulate, 193. of war, states may not keep, 310. SLANDER, see "Libel." SLAVERY, slave trade made piracy by act of congress, 219. SOLDIERS, quartering of, in private houses, 508. SOVEREIGNTY, defined, 18. external and internal, 18. of the United States, 19. [The figures refer to pages.] SOVEREIGNTY-Continued, of the states, 22. of the people, 26. of the state, over seacoast, 313. SPECIAL LEGISLATION, when invalid, 317. SPEECH, freedom of, see "Liberty of Speech and Press." SPEEDY TRIAL, constitutional right to, 584. STARE DECISIS, doctrine of, as applied to construction of constitutions, 71. STATE RIGHTS, doctrine of, 24. no right of secession, 28. STATES, meaning of, in American constitutional law, 20. restricted meaning of, 21. sovereignty of, 22. rights of, 24. of the Union, are republics, 28. have no right to secede, 28. federal constitution not a compact between, 30. establishment of constitutions of, 45. reconstruction, 45. amendment of constitutions of, 46-49. as defendants, 144. suits between states, 146. as plaintiffs, 148. powers of, when concurrent with those of congress, 174. interference with commerce by, 203. admission of new, 233. interstate law under the constitution, 244. guaranty of republican government to, 260. executive power in, 267. judicial power in, 280. legislative power in, 291. police power of, 334. powers of taxation possessed by, 375. appropriation of property of, under power of eminent domain, 407. [The figures refer to pages.] STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS, vested rights accrued under, 498. repeal of, as affecting contracts, 623. STATUTES, and constitutions distinguished, 3, 4. constitutional and unconstitutional, 4, 5. power of courts to determine constitutionality of, 52. unconstitutional in part, 64. of another state, credit accorded to, 248. local and special forbidden, 317. enactment of, 325. title and subject-matter of, 329. authorizing exercise of power of eminent domain, 401. impairing obligation of contracts, see "Obligation of Contracts." retroactive, 626. STREAMS, appropriation of, under power of eminent domain, 409. STREETS, regulation of, under police power, 364. appropriation of private property for, 405. STRIKES, when illegal, 363. SUBPOENA, to President, 96. to governor of state, 270. SUFFRAGE, RIGHT OF, constitutional provisions as to, 533. suffrage defined, 533. not a natural right, 534. federal constitution does not confer, 534. qualifications determined by the states, 535. fifteenth amendment, 537. qualifications fixed by state constitution, 538. disfranchisement, 562. SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS, constitutionality of, 485. in revenue and tax cases, 485. in judicial action, 490. no jury trial in, 518. |