American Government and PoliticsMacmillan, 1924 - 820 страница |
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... effect that the government may fix the rates charged by any private enterprise " affected with public interest . " In accordance with this doc- trine , governments regulate the rates and charges of railway , gas , electric , street car ...
... effect that the government may fix the rates charged by any private enterprise " affected with public interest . " In accordance with this doc- trine , governments regulate the rates and charges of railway , gas , electric , street car ...
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... effect that a representative is elected locally , but on election becomes a na- tional servant . He is not a mere agent slavishly expressing the will of the voters of his district ; he is DEMOCRACY AND THE ORGANIZATION OF GOVERNMENT 29.
... effect that a representative is elected locally , but on election becomes a na- tional servant . He is not a mere agent slavishly expressing the will of the voters of his district ; he is DEMOCRACY AND THE ORGANIZATION OF GOVERNMENT 29.
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... effect the will of the people has a broader significance than is embraced within the idea of agency or execu- tion . Neither is the content of the concept covered by the term " president " who merely presides over a people or assembly ...
... effect the will of the people has a broader significance than is embraced within the idea of agency or execu- tion . Neither is the content of the concept covered by the term " president " who merely presides over a people or assembly ...
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... effect ; those who criticize such proposals and suggest alter- natives know that they are not likely to be called upon soon to assume the burden of making good on their criticisms and promises . This system has been characterized by ...
... effect ; those who criticize such proposals and suggest alter- natives know that they are not likely to be called upon soon to assume the burden of making good on their criticisms and promises . This system has been characterized by ...
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... effect that some particular law , in his opinion , is unwise , un- just , or foolish may turn the scale in the mind of someone else and set him in motion to resist that law . A far sounder doctrine is that of Jefferson to the effect ...
... effect that some particular law , in his opinion , is unwise , un- just , or foolish may turn the scale in the mind of someone else and set him in motion to resist that law . A far sounder doctrine is that of Jefferson to the effect ...
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Страница 298 - ... 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.
Страница 339 - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world...
Страница 80 - Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled (two-thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as an amendment to the constitution of the United States...
Страница 499 - ... on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude...
Страница 297 - That the new dogma, that the constitution, of its own force, carries slavery into any or all of the territories of the United States...
Страница 19 - But the most common and durable source of factions, has been the various and unequal distribution of property. Those who hold, and those who are without property, have ever formed distinct interests in society.
Страница 288 - That power is capable of acting only when the subject is submitted to it by a party who asserts his rights in the form prescribed by law. It then becomes a case, and the constitution declares that the judicial power shall extend to all cases arising under the constitution, laws and treaties of the United States.
Страница 765 - What I, therefore, propose, as the simple yet sovereign remedy, which will raise wages, increase the earnings of capital, extirpate pauperism, abolish poverty, give remunerative employment to whoever wishes it, afford free scope to human powers, lessen crime, elevate morals, and taste, and intelligence, purify government and carry civilization to yet nobler heights, is — to appropriate rent by taxation.
Страница 105 - In such cases the purposes of men are much more easily understood than in cases of ordinary crime. The man who stands by and says nothing when the peril of his Government is discussed cannot be misunderstood. If not hindered, he is sure to help the enemy ; much more if he talks ambiguously — talks for his country with "buts" and " ifs " and
Страница 483 - It follows that any legal proceeding enforced by public authority, whether sanctioned by age and custom, or newly devised in the discretion of the legislative power, in furtherance of the general public good, which regards and preserves these principles of liberty and justice, must be held to be due process of law.