An Introduction to the Study of the American Constitution: A Study of the Formation and Development of the American Constitutional System and of the Ideals Upon which it is BasedOxford University Press, 1926 - 440 páginas |
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Página 289 - Constitution 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. The very idea of the power and the right of the People to establish Government, presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established Government.
Página 162 - the Civil Rights Act of 1866, it was provided that " All persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are declared to be citizens of the United States." By the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution, " All persons born or naturalized in the
Página 311 - of June 12, 1776: 1. That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty,
Página 311 - compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; that magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them.
Página 284 - Madison: The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government. From the protection of different and unequal faculties of acquiring property, the possession of different degrees and kinds
Página 200 - States or of all forms of law, or that entertains or teaches disbelief in or opposition to all organized government, or that advocates the duty, necessity, or propriety of the unlawful assaulting or killing of any officer or officers, either of specific individuals or of officers generally, of the Government of the
Página 282 - And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
Página 206 - amendment: Section 1. The Congress shall have power to limit, regulate, and prohibit the labor of persons under eighteen years of age. Section 2. The power of the several States is unimpaired by this article except that the operation of State laws shall be suspended to the extent necessary to give effect to legislation enacted by the Congress.
Página 343 - THE BILL OF RIGHTS An Act for Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject, and Settling the Succession of the Crown —1689. Whereas, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, assembled at Westminster, lawfully, fully, and freely representing all the Estates of the people of this Realm, did upon the 13th day of February, in the year of
Página 104 - The government of the Union, then (whatever may be the influence of this fact on the case) is emphatically and truly a government of the people. In form and in substance it emanates from them, its powers are granted by them, and are to be exercised directly on them, for their benefit.