A Brief View of the Constitution of the United States: Addressed to the Law Academy of PhiladelphiaE.G. Dorsey, printer, 1834 - 106 sider |
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... hold their offices during a term of four years ; but may be re - elected as often as the people choose . There is , however , no ex- ample of a president or vice - president having served more than two terms ; the first president ...
... hold their offices during a term of four years ; but may be re - elected as often as the people choose . There is , however , no ex- ample of a president or vice - president having served more than two terms ; the first president ...
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... hold their offices during good behaviour . The supreme court at present consists of one chief justice and six associate judges , and holds its sittings once a year at the seat of government . There is in each state one , and in some two ...
... hold their offices during good behaviour . The supreme court at present consists of one chief justice and six associate judges , and holds its sittings once a year at the seat of government . There is in each state one , and in some two ...
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... hold real property , which often makes it necessary for them to be naturalized , as by that means they become entitled to all the privileges and rights of natural born citizens , except that they cannot be elected to the D 2 41.
... hold real property , which often makes it necessary for them to be naturalized , as by that means they become entitled to all the privileges and rights of natural born citizens , except that they cannot be elected to the D 2 41.
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... hold these truths to be self - evident : -that all men are created equal ; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights ; that among these are life , liberty , and the pursuit of happiness . That to secure ...
... hold these truths to be self - evident : -that all men are created equal ; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights ; that among these are life , liberty , and the pursuit of happiness . That to secure ...
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... hold them , as we hold the rest of mankind - enemies in war , in peace friends . We , therefore , the representatives of the United States of America , in general congress assembled , appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world , for ...
... hold them , as we hold the rest of mankind - enemies in war , in peace friends . We , therefore , the representatives of the United States of America , in general congress assembled , appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world , for ...
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A Brief View of the Constitution of the United States, Addressed to the Law ... Peter S. Du Ponceau Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2016 |
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Side 60 - All bills of credit emitted, moneys borrowed, and debts contracted, by or under the authority of congress, before the assembling of the United States, in pursuance of the present confederation, shall be deemed. and considered as a charge against the United States, for payment and satisfaction whereof, the said United States, and the public faith, are hereby solemnly pledged.
Side 45 - In Congress, July 4, 1776 The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires...
Side 86 - Respect for its authority, compliance with its laws, acquiescence in its measures, are duties enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true "liberty. -The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to 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.
Side 53 - Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court, or place out of Congress...
Side 57 - States — regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians not members of any of the states; provided that the legislative right of any state within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
Side 86 - No alliances, however strict, between the parts can be an adequate substitute; they must inevitably experience the infractions and interruptions which all alliances in all times have experienced.
Side 84 - The West derives from the East supplies requisite to its growth and comfort -and what is perhaps of still greater consequence, it must of necessity owe the secure enjoyment of indispensable outlets for its own productions to the weight, influence, and the future maritime strength of the Atlantic side of the Union, directed by an indissoluble community of interest as one nation.
Side 55 - 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.
Side 94 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?
Side 92 - It leads also to concessions to the favorite nation of privileges denied to others, which is apt doubly to injure the nation making the concessions ; by unnecessarily parting with what ought to have been retained ; and by exciting jealousy, ill will, and a disposition to retaliate, in the parties from whom equal privileges are withheld : and it gives to ambitious, corrupted or deluded citizens, (who devote themselves to the favorite nation...