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... received power to change . " The Commonwealth of Australia adopted a constitu- tion ( 1900 ) following ours more closely even than that of Canada ( 1867 ) did ; and in 1909 , after the Boer War , the Union of South Africa adopted a ...
... received power to change . " The Commonwealth of Australia adopted a constitu- tion ( 1900 ) following ours more closely even than that of Canada ( 1867 ) did ; and in 1909 , after the Boer War , the Union of South Africa adopted a ...
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... received the ratification of the requisite number of States to make it a part of the Constitution . which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons , including those bound to Service for a Term of Years , and ...
... received the ratification of the requisite number of States to make it a part of the Constitution . which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons , including those bound to Service for a Term of Years , and ...
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... receiving a disproportionate repre- sentation in the House of Representatives on account of their slave population ... received the votes of delegates from Virginia , Georgia , South Carolina , and North Caro- lina , as well as those ...
... receiving a disproportionate repre- sentation in the House of Representatives on account of their slave population ... received the votes of delegates from Virginia , Georgia , South Carolina , and North Caro- lina , as well as those ...
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... received , under the pressure of public opinion , the un- willing signature of the King . Strafford was beheaded . Bills of attainder were known in America in colonial times . In 1777 Thomas Jefferson wrote a bill of attainder for an ...
... received , under the pressure of public opinion , the un- willing signature of the King . Strafford was beheaded . Bills of attainder were known in America in colonial times . In 1777 Thomas Jefferson wrote a bill of attainder for an ...
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... of America received a par- don from the President in 1865. He applied for readmission to practice in the Supreme Court without being required to take the oath mentioned , which of course he 86 Constitution of the United States.
... of America received a par- don from the President in 1865. He applied for readmission to practice in the Supreme Court without being required to take the oath mentioned , which of course he 86 Constitution of the United States.
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Page 245 - 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 186 - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Page 186 - 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 164 - If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
Page 52 - 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 xiv - 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 67 - The United States in Congress assembled shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war...
Page 98 - The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Page 69 - 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.