An Introduction to the Study of the American Constitution: A Study of the Formation and Development of the American Constitutional System and of the Ideals Upon which it is BasedOxford University Press, 1926 - 440 pagina's |
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An Introduction to the Study of the American Constitution: A Study of the ... Charles Emanuel Martin Volledige weergave - 1926 |
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Pagina 289 - Constitution 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. The very idea of the power and the right of the People to establish Government, presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established Government.
Pagina xli - enforce this article by appropriate legislation. Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress. AMENDMENT XIX
Pagina 162 - the Civil Rights Act of 1866, it was provided that " All persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are declared to be citizens of the United States." By the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution, " All persons born or naturalized in the
Pagina 311 - of June 12, 1776: 1. That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty,
Pagina 311 - compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; that magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them.
Pagina 252 - due process of law) is most clearly intended the general law, a law which hears before it condemns, which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial. The meaning is that every citizen shall hold his life, liberty, property, and immunities under the protection of the general rules which govern society. It is
Pagina 200 - States or of all forms of law, or that entertains or teaches disbelief in or opposition to all organized government, or that advocates the duty, necessity, or propriety of the unlawful assaulting or killing of any officer or officers, either of specific individuals or of officers generally, of the Government of the
Pagina 282 - And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
Pagina 206 - amendment: Section 1. The Congress shall have power to limit, regulate, and prohibit the labor of persons under eighteen years of age. Section 2. The power of the several States is unimpaired by this article except that the operation of State laws shall be suspended to the extent necessary to give effect to legislation enacted by the Congress.
Pagina 347 - THE BILL OF RIGHTS An Act for Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject, and Settling the Succession of the Crown —1689. Whereas, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, assembled at Westminster, lawfully, fully, and freely representing all the Estates of the people of this Realm, did upon the 13th day of February, in the year of