Proposal & Ratification of Amendments to the Constitution of the U.S.: Hearing Before a Subcommittee ... on S.J.Res. 40 ... Jan. 16, 19231923 - Всего страниц: 92 |
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... action by three - quarters of those conventions . Senator OVERMAN . Or by a convention of the whole country ? Senator COLT . No ; that is another provision . The present amendatory clause of the Constitution provides two methods of ...
... action by three - quarters of those conventions . Senator OVERMAN . Or by a convention of the whole country ? Senator COLT . No ; that is another provision . The present amendatory clause of the Constitution provides two methods of ...
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... action of the State legislatures in reference to constitutional amendments was subject to regulation by State constitutions . I was one of the counsel in that case , and I confess thought the decision of the Supreme Court of Ohio , that ...
... action of the State legislatures in reference to constitutional amendments was subject to regulation by State constitutions . I was one of the counsel in that case , and I confess thought the decision of the Supreme Court of Ohio , that ...
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... action of its legislature in this matter , and it is to meet that decision , it is to meet that literal view which seems to us unwise and unfortunate , that this amendment is intro- duced so as to put us back into the position where ...
... action of its legislature in this matter , and it is to meet that decision , it is to meet that literal view which seems to us unwise and unfortunate , that this amendment is intro- duced so as to put us back into the position where ...
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... action of the Secretary of State . New York , Ohio , and Indiana , as I recollect , recalled the action of the previous legislature . Mr. WHEELER . Yes . Senator OVERMAN . Notwithstanding which the Secretary of State proclaimed it , and ...
... action of the Secretary of State . New York , Ohio , and Indiana , as I recollect , recalled the action of the previous legislature . Mr. WHEELER . Yes . Senator OVERMAN . Notwithstanding which the Secretary of State proclaimed it , and ...
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... action of hold - over legislatures ? Now , hold - over legislatures in the early days of the country , when people were awake to their constitutional rights , when constitutional questions were debated on soap boxes to enthusiastic ...
... action of hold - over legislatures ? Now , hold - over legislatures in the early days of the country , when people were awake to their constitutional rights , when constitutional questions were debated on soap boxes to enthusiastic ...
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Стр. 67 - I will say then that I am not, or ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races — that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people...
Стр. 25 - The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and alter their constitutions of government. But the constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all.
Стр. 56 - No political dreamer was ever wild enough to think of breaking down the lines which separate the States, and of compounding the American people into one common mass.
Стр. 45 - The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the State.
Стр. 56 - This mode of proceeding was adopted ; and by the Convention, by Congress, and by the State Legislatures, the instrument was submitted to the people. They acted upon it in the only manner in which they can act safely, effectively, and wisely, on such a subject, by assembling in Convention. It is true, they assembled in their several States — and where else should they have assembled...
Стр. 45 - The regulation of commerce, it is true, is a new power ; but that seems to be an addition which few oppose, and from which no apprehensions are entertained. The powers relating to war and peace, armies and fleets, treaties and finance, with the other more considerable powers, are all vested in the existing congress by the articles of confederation. The proposed change does not enlarge these powers ; it only substitutes a more effectual mode of administering...
Стр. 46 - On the other hand, the people of each State compose a State, having its own government, and endowed with all the functions essential to separate and independent existence. The States disunited might continue to exist. Without the States in union there could be no such political body as the United States.
Стр. 51 - No, my friend, the way to have good and safe government, is not to trust it all to one, but to divide it among the many, distributing to every one exactly the functions he is competent to.
Стр. 60 - Convention to write letters to the inhabitants of the several places, which are entitled to representation in Assembly, requesting them to choose such representatives, and that the Assembly when chosen do elect Counsellors ; and that such assembly or Council exercise, the powers of government, until a Governor of His Majesty's appointment will consent to govern the Colony according to its charter.
Стр. 45 - Several important considerations have been touched in the course of these papers, which discountenance the supposition, that the operation of the federal government will by degrees prove fatal to the state governments. The more I revolve the subject, the more fully I am persuaded, that the balance is much more likely to be disturbed by the preponderancy of the last than of the first scale.