Congress Investigates: A Documented History, 1792-1974, Volumen2Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Roger A. Bruns Chelsea House Publishers, 1975 - 4103 páginas |
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... crime in any sovereignty except such as is made so by its own law . In England no act is a crime save such as is so declared either by the written or unwritten law of the kingdom , and therefore only crimes by the law of England are ...
... crime in any sovereignty except such as is made so by its own law . In England no act is a crime save such as is so declared either by the written or unwritten law of the kingdom , and therefore only crimes by the law of England are ...
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... crime so specified would constitute an impeachable offense . How does the case now differ ? It would have been impossible to enumerate every crime and misdemeanor in the Constitution , yet those acts which by the English common law were ...
... crime so specified would constitute an impeachable offense . How does the case now differ ? It would have been impossible to enumerate every crime and misdemeanor in the Constitution , yet those acts which by the English common law were ...
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... crime of treason . The phrase " high crimes and misdemeanors " had been in use in the courts and in the books of England for centuries . Legislative wisdom is and ever must be incapable of rendering the mean- ing of these words more ...
... crime of treason . The phrase " high crimes and misdemeanors " had been in use in the courts and in the books of England for centuries . Legislative wisdom is and ever must be incapable of rendering the mean- ing of these words more ...
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