Elementary AmericanismGem Publishing Company, 1926 - 139 страница |
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... Federal Constitution is the fact that it is not , like most political constitutions , including those of the several States of the American Union , a mere restriction upon the authority of the governing powers of the state , but that it ...
... Federal Constitution is the fact that it is not , like most political constitutions , including those of the several States of the American Union , a mere restriction upon the authority of the governing powers of the state , but that it ...
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... Federal Constitution as a care- fully guarded grant of powers to the central govern- ment , explains even those guarantees of personal lib- erty and security which it contains and which are commonly referred to as the Bill of Rights of ...
... Federal Constitution as a care- fully guarded grant of powers to the central govern- ment , explains even those guarantees of personal lib- erty and security which it contains and which are commonly referred to as the Bill of Rights of ...
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... Federal Constitution protected only against violation by Congress and the Federal judic- iary . Except as they are restrained by their own con- stitutions , there is nothing to prevent the several States from abolishing the jury system ...
... Federal Constitution protected only against violation by Congress and the Federal judic- iary . Except as they are restrained by their own con- stitutions , there is nothing to prevent the several States from abolishing the jury system ...
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... Federal Constitution ade- quate to the exigencies of government , and the pres- ervation of the Union . " Pursuant to this resolution of Congress , delegates from twelve of the thirteen States ( Rhode Island alone being unrepresented ) ...
... Federal Constitution ade- quate to the exigencies of government , and the pres- ervation of the Union . " Pursuant to this resolution of Congress , delegates from twelve of the thirteen States ( Rhode Island alone being unrepresented ) ...
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... Federal Constitution of the United States , and corresponding or similar provis- ions in the constitutions of the several States . These provisions relate to the religious freedom of the citizen , to the liberty of speech and of the ...
... Federal Constitution of the United States , and corresponding or similar provis- ions in the constitutions of the several States . These provisions relate to the religious freedom of the citizen , to the liberty of speech and of the ...
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Страница 53 - Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President ; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice President of the United States.
Страница 40 - Tonnage, keep Troops or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually Invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.
Страница 9 - He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy, scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.
Страница 43 - President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. ARTICLE III Section 1. The judicial Power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good...
Страница 92 - Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave ; And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Страница 110 - Now we are engaged in a great civil war testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.
Страница 92 - O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, now conceals, now discloses?
Страница 52 - Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the vote shall be taken by States, the representation from each State having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the States, and a majority of all the States shall be necessary to a choice.
Страница 34 - SEC. 4. The times, places and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives, shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing senators.
Страница 56 - When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies : Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointment until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. Sec. 3. This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.