A View of the Constitution of the United States of AmericaH.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1825 - 347 pages |
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... offences against the public . They amount to more than con- tempts or breaches of privilege against the legislative bodies , and they undoubtedly subject the offenders to the usual course of prosecution and punishment in the courts of ...
... offences against the public . They amount to more than con- tempts or breaches of privilege against the legislative bodies , and they undoubtedly subject the offenders to the usual course of prosecution and punishment in the courts of ...
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... offences . But it is not therefore to be inferred that no such power exists any where . If the courts of the United States would pos- sess it by implication , there is no reason for refusing it to the legislative body itself , unless it ...
... offences . But it is not therefore to be inferred that no such power exists any where . If the courts of the United States would pos- sess it by implication , there is no reason for refusing it to the legislative body itself , unless it ...
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William Rawle. diction for the punishment of offences substantially committed against the people , and that it is correctly deduced from the constitution . The following express provisions , which require no elucidation , are inserted to ...
William Rawle. diction for the punishment of offences substantially committed against the people , and that it is correctly deduced from the constitution . The following express provisions , which require no elucidation , are inserted to ...
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... offence for which he might be respon- sible to them . ( 34 ) The temporary allegiance , which began with his residence among us , is rendered perpetual by his na- turalization , and the renunciation is an useless ad- junct . ( 35 ) The ...
... offence for which he might be respon- sible to them . ( 34 ) The temporary allegiance , which began with his residence among us , is rendered perpetual by his na- turalization , and the renunciation is an useless ad- junct . ( 35 ) The ...
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... offence against that nation , and not against any other . It is the duty of a nation to punish offences against itself , but not against others . If the offender escapes , it has no power to pursue him into the territories of another ...
... offence against that nation , and not against any other . It is the duty of a nation to punish offences against itself , but not against others . If the offender escapes , it has no power to pursue him into the territories of another ...
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Page 270 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of 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...
Page 203 - States shall be divided or appropriated.. ..of granting letters of marque and reprisal in times of peace... .appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas and establishing courts for receiving and determining finally appeals in all cases of captures, provided that no member of congress shall be appointed a judge of any of the said courts.
Page 245 - THE North, in an unrestrained intercourse .with the South, protected by the equal laws of a common government, finds in the productions of the latter, great additional resources of maritime and commercial enterprise, and precious materials of manufacturing industry. The South in the same intercourse, benefiting by the agency of the North, sees its agriculture grow, and its commerce expand.
Page 245 - Is there a doubt whether a common government can embrace so large a sphere? Let experience solve it. To listen to mere speculation in such a case were criminal. We are authorized to hope that a proper organization of the whole with auxiliary agency of governments for the respective subdivisions, will afford a happy issue to the experiment. It is well worth a fair and full experiment.
Page 71 - The genius and character of the whole government seem to be, that its action is to be applied to all the external concerns of the nation, and to those internal concerns which affect the states generally ; but not to those which are completely within a particular state, which do not affect other states, and with which it is not necessary to interfere for the purpose of executing some of the general powers of the government.
Page 265 - Provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article ; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate. ARTICLE VI. All debts contracted and engagements entered into before the adoption of this Constitution shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution as under the Confederation.
Page 71 - It is not intended to say that these words comprehend that commerce which is completely internal, which is carried on between man and man in a state, or between different parts of the same state, and which does not extend to or affect other states. Such a power would be inconvenient, and is certainly unnecessary. Comprehensive as the word among is, it may very properly be restricted to that commerce which concerns more states than one.
Page 264 - ... States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President...
Page 108 - The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in case of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it.
Page 207 - This clause enables the judicial department to receive jurisdiction to the full extent of the constitution, laws and treaties of the United States, when any question respecting them shall assume such a form that the judicial power is capable of acting on it.