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... body of men at one period . To America must we give credit for the first written constitution ever presented to a people for consideration and adoption . In the construction of our national constitution we must not claim too much ...
... body of men at one period . To America must we give credit for the first written constitution ever presented to a people for consideration and adoption . In the construction of our national constitution we must not claim too much ...
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... body of men , or they may be divided among several bodies . The popular opinion holds that the American govern- ment has these three functions or powers apportioned among the three departments - legislative , executive , and judicial ...
... body of men , or they may be divided among several bodies . The popular opinion holds that the American govern- ment has these three functions or powers apportioned among the three departments - legislative , executive , and judicial ...
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... body , the house of com- mons . At the dictation of the commons , the king chooses the leader of the dominant party as prime minister , who then selects his cabinet from his own party . These officers who perform executive acts are re ...
... body , the house of com- mons . At the dictation of the commons , the king chooses the leader of the dominant party as prime minister , who then selects his cabinet from his own party . These officers who perform executive acts are re ...
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... body . Judicial The judiciary an- swers the questions : What is the law ? What does the law mean ? Does it conform to the constitution ? Has the law been properly executed by the executive officers ? KINDS OF GOVERNMENTS Aristotle's ...
... body . Judicial The judiciary an- swers the questions : What is the law ? What does the law mean ? Does it conform to the constitution ? Has the law been properly executed by the executive officers ? KINDS OF GOVERNMENTS Aristotle's ...
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... body of the people is exercised in the most abso- lute manner by a small body of hereditary nobles . " He defines a republic as " a government which derives all its powers directly or indirectly from the great body of the people , and ...
... body of the people is exercised in the most abso- lute manner by a small body of hereditary nobles . " He defines a republic as " a government which derives all its powers directly or indirectly from the great body of the people , and ...
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Page 153 - ... the United States, in Congress assembled. The United States, in Congress assembled, shall never engage in a war, nor grant letters of marque and reprisal in time of peace...
Page 153 - And the officers and men so clothed, armed, and equipped, shall march to the place appointed, and within the time agreed on by the United States in congress assembled.
Page 155 - And the articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the Union shall be perpetual; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them; unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the Legislatures of every State.
Page 161 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory, as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other states that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor (48).
Page 151 - ... until the number shall be reduced to thirteen ; and from that number not less than seven, nor more than nine names as congress shall direct, shall in the presence of congress be drawn out by lot, and the persons whose names shall be so drawn or any five of them, shall be commissioners or judges, to hear and finally determine the controversy, so always as a major part of the judges who shall hear the cause shall agree in the determination...
Page 160 - No man shall be deprived of his liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land, and should the public exigencies make it necessary, for the common preservation, to take any person's property, or to demand his particular services, full compensation shall be made for the same.
Page 153 - States under their direction; to appoint one of their number to preside; provided that no person be allowed to serve in the office of president more than one year in any term of three years; to ascertain the necessary sums of money to be raised for the service of the United States...
Page 153 - States ; and the officers, and men so clothed and equipped, shall march to the place appointed, and within the time agreed on by the United States in Congress assembled ; but if the United States in Congress assembled shall, on consideration of circumstances, judge proper that any State should not raise men, or should raise a smaller number than its quota, and that any other State should raise a greater number of men than the quota thereof, such extra number shall be raised, officered...
Page 148 - Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court, or place out of Congress...
Page 161 - The said territory, and the States which may be formed therein, shall forever remain a part of this Confederacy of the United States of America, subject to the Articles of Confederation, and to such alterations therein as shall be constitutionally made; and to all the Acts and Ordinances of the United States in Congress assembled, conformable thereto.