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... elected by the people , some authorities considered it illegal . The Parliament Act of 1911 reduced the term from seven years to five . Congress , unlike Parliament , is , by virtue of this clause , without power to fix its term . In ...
... elected by the people , some authorities considered it illegal . The Parliament Act of 1911 reduced the term from seven years to five . Congress , unlike Parliament , is , by virtue of this clause , without power to fix its term . In ...
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... elect a woman to a seat in Congress . The first woman thus to be distinguished was Miss Jeannette Rankin of Mon- tana , who was elected to the National House of Representa- tives in 1916 , four years before the adoption of the Nine ...
... elect a woman to a seat in Congress . The first woman thus to be distinguished was Miss Jeannette Rankin of Mon- tana , who was elected to the National House of Representa- tives in 1916 , four years before the adoption of the Nine ...
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... elected by the members , and also in the Argentine Republic and in Brazil . In England the Speaker of the House of Commons is to a degree nonpartisan , usually holding office through suc- cessive administrations . and shall have the ...
... elected by the members , and also in the Argentine Republic and in Brazil . In England the Speaker of the House of Commons is to a degree nonpartisan , usually holding office through suc- cessive administrations . and shall have the ...
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... elected by the House of Representatives was rejected because it " would create a dependence con- trary to the end proposed . " A plan to have senators appointed by the President was opposed as " a stride towards monarchy . " There were ...
... elected by the House of Representatives was rejected because it " would create a dependence con- trary to the end proposed . " A plan to have senators appointed by the President was opposed as " a stride towards monarchy . " There were ...
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... elected , be an Inhabitant of that State 22 for which he shall be chosen . 22 See Note 9 . The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate , but shall have no Vote , un- less they be equally divided.23 Uiso M 23 ...
... elected , be an Inhabitant of that State 22 for which he shall be chosen . 22 See Note 9 . The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate , but shall have no Vote , un- less they be equally divided.23 Uiso M 23 ...
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Page 147 - The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times, and under all circumstances. No doctrine, involving more pernicious consequences, was ever invented by the wit of man, than that any of its provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of government.
Page 253 - When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies : Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointment until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.
Page 60 - But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold and his wife* and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
Page 4 - Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the Union.
Page 6 - The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the legislatures of the several States within the time agreed upon by the United States in Congress assembled.
Page 194 - The conventions of a number of the states having, at the time of their adopting the constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added...
Page 34 - Congress by less than two nor by more than seven members; and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years; nor shall any person, being a delegate, be capable of holding any office under the United States for which he, or another for his benefit, receives any salary, fees, or emolument of any kind.
Page 77 - States, excepting regimental officers; appointing all the officers of the naval forces, and commissioning all officers whatever in the service of the United States; making rules for the government and regulation of the said land and naval forces, and directing their operations.
Page 225 - Time works changes, brings into existence new conditions and purposes. Therefore a principle to be vital must be capable of wider application than the mischief which gave it birth.
Page 4 - ... accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the Palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned, and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our Country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.