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Commentaries On The Constitution Of The United States : With A Preliminary Review Of The Constitutional History Of The Colonies And States Before The Adoption Of The Constitution, Joseph Story, Thomas M. Cooley Dec 1872

Commentaries On The Constitution Of The United States : With A Preliminary Review Of The Constitutional History Of The Colonies And States Before The Adoption Of The Constitution, Joseph Story, Thomas M. Cooley

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From the Editor's Preface: “In preparing for the press a fourth edition of Mr. Justice Story’s Commentaries on the Constitution, it has been thought proper to preserve the original text without alteration or interpolation, and to put in notes all discussions by the editor, as well as all references to subsequent adjudications, public papers, and events, tending to illustrate, support, or qualify the positions assumed in the text. The new amendments, however, seemed to demand treatment in the body of the work, and additional chapters are given for that purpose….”

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Power Of Judiciary To Declare A Law Unconstitutional, Charles A. Kent Dec 1871

Power Of Judiciary To Declare A Law Unconstitutional, Charles A. Kent

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The judiciary has no power to declare a law unconstitutional unless it conflicts with some provision of the State or Federal Constitution. It will be the purpose of this article to show the reasonableness and meaning of this principle.

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A Treatise On The Constitutional Limitations Which Rest Upon The Legislative Power Of The States Of The American Union, Thomas M. Cooley Dec 1870

A Treatise On The Constitutional Limitations Which Rest Upon The Legislative Power Of The States Of The American Union, Thomas M. Cooley

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In the Preface to the first edition of this work. the author stated its purpose to be, to furnish to the practitioner and the student of the law such a presentation of elementary constitutional principles as should serve, with the aid of its references to judicial decisions, legal treatises, and historical events, as a convenient guide in the examination of questions respecting the constitutional limitations which rest upon the power of the several State ·legislatures. In the accomplishment of that purpose, the author further stated that he had faithfully endeavored to give the law as it had been settled by …

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A Treatise On The Constitutional Limitations Which Rest Upon The Legislative Power Of The States Of The American Union, Thomas M. Cooley Dec 1867

A Treatise On The Constitutional Limitations Which Rest Upon The Legislative Power Of The States Of The American Union, Thomas M. Cooley

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“In these pages the author has faithfully endeavored to state the law as it has been settled by the authorities, rather than to present his own views. At the same time he will not attempt to deny -- what will probably be sufficiently apparent -- that he has written in full sympathy with all those restraints which the caution of the fathers has imposed upon the exercise of the powers of government, and with greater faith in the checks and balances of our republican system, and in correct conclusions by the general public sentiment, than in a judicious, prudent, and …

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Letter From Daniel Webster Concerning The Word "Slavery" In Constitution, Dated 1850, Daniel Webster Feb 1850

Letter From Daniel Webster Concerning The Word "Slavery" In Constitution, Dated 1850, Daniel Webster

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Daniel Webster writes Reverand S. K. Lothrop to question where to find the observation from Mr. Madison that states the reason to keep the word "slavery" from the Constitution, dated Feb. 27, 1850.

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Report Of The Debates And Proceedings Of The Convention For The Revision Of The Constitution Of The State Of Kentucky, Kentucky Constitutional Convention (1849) Dec 1848

Report Of The Debates And Proceedings Of The Convention For The Revision Of The Constitution Of The State Of Kentucky, Kentucky Constitutional Convention (1849)

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Charge Of Chief Justice Durfee, Job Durfee Mar 1842

Charge Of Chief Justice Durfee, Job Durfee

Pamphlets: Contemporary Assessments of the Dorr Rebellion

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To The Members Of The General Assembly Of Rhode Island, John Pitman Jan 1842

To The Members Of The General Assembly Of Rhode Island, John Pitman

Pamphlets: Contemporary Assessments of the Dorr Rebellion

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Address On The Right Of Suffrage, Seth Luther Dec 1832

Address On The Right Of Suffrage, Seth Luther

Pamphlets: Contemporary Assessments of the Dorr Rebellion

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Extension Of Suffrage, B. Hazard Jan 1829

Extension Of Suffrage, B. Hazard

Pamphlets: Contemporary Assessments of the Dorr Rebellion

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An Oration On The Abolition Of The Slave Trade; Delivered In The African Church In The City Of New-York, January 1, 1808, Peter Williams Jr Dec 1807

An Oration On The Abolition Of The Slave Trade; Delivered In The African Church In The City Of New-York, January 1, 1808, Peter Williams Jr

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The United States Constitution, Article 1, Section 9, prohibited Congress from banning the importation of slaves until the year 1808. A bill to do this was first introduced in Congress by Senator Stephen Roe Bradley of Vermont in December 1805, and its passage was recommended by President Jefferson in his annual message to Congress in December 1806. In March 1807, Congress passed the legislation, and President Thomas Jefferson signed it into law on March 3, 1807. Subsequently, on March 25, 1807, the British Parliament also passed an act banning the slave trade aboard British ships. The effective date of the …

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Journal Of The Convention, Begun And Held At The Capitol In The Town Of Frankfort, On Monday The Twenty-Second Day Of July, In The Year Of Our Lord One Thousand, Seven Hundred And Ninety-Nine., Kentucky Constitutional Convention (1799) Jan 1799

Journal Of The Convention, Begun And Held At The Capitol In The Town Of Frankfort, On Monday The Twenty-Second Day Of July, In The Year Of Our Lord One Thousand, Seven Hundred And Ninety-Nine., Kentucky Constitutional Convention (1799)

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Journal Of The First Constitutional Convention Of Kentucky, Kentucky Constitutional Convention (1792) Dec 1791

Journal Of The First Constitutional Convention Of Kentucky, Kentucky Constitutional Convention (1792)

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Why Don't More Public Schools Teach Sex Education? A Constitutional Explanation And Critique, Jesse R. Merriam Feb 207

Why Don't More Public Schools Teach Sex Education? A Constitutional Explanation And Critique, Jesse R. Merriam

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

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