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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... mean simply this , that I do not think you will realize the result that you hope to realize from having a popular expression in this form upon constitutional amendments . Mr. WHEELER . Well , I have studied that subject very carefully ...
... mean simply this , that I do not think you will realize the result that you hope to realize from having a popular expression in this form upon constitutional amendments . Mr. WHEELER . Well , I have studied that subject very carefully ...
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... means that the States have no power to regulate the matter of ratification of the Federal amendments . Now we are seeking to restore what most of us think- Senator OVERMAN ( interposing ) . That is , the people of the State have no ...
... means that the States have no power to regulate the matter of ratification of the Federal amendments . Now we are seeking to restore what most of us think- Senator OVERMAN ( interposing ) . That is , the people of the State have no ...
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... means the legislatures in existence shall take the matter up ; it does not mean any succeeding legislature ; it means the legislature that is there- and the legislature acts upon it . Do you not think it would prolong the time if there ...
... means the legislatures in existence shall take the matter up ; it does not mean any succeeding legislature ; it means the legislature that is there- and the legislature acts upon it . Do you not think it would prolong the time if there ...
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... means the fifteenth amendment was put over on the people . Senator OVERMAN . How can we get that ? Mr. LESER . You can get it surely from the Congressional Library . Senator COLT . I will ask the stenographer to send to the Library and ...
... means the fifteenth amendment was put over on the people . Senator OVERMAN . How can we get that ? Mr. LESER . You can get it surely from the Congressional Library . Senator COLT . I will ask the stenographer to send to the Library and ...
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... means provided by that article has been sustained by the Supreme Court in the prohibition cases . The growing power exercised over legislative bodies by powerfully organized groups of people , seeking to secure the passage of permanent ...
... means provided by that article has been sustained by the Supreme Court in the prohibition cases . The growing power exercised over legislative bodies by powerfully organized groups of people , seeking to secure the passage of permanent ...
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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.