H.R. 521 and H.R. 791: legislative hearing before the Committee on Resources, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, May 8, 2002, Volume 4 |
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26th Guam Legislature 521 follows Act of Guam administration affidavit amend the Organic appellate court attorneys authority Band of Potawatomi bill branch of government Carbullido ceded Chief Justice Committee on Resources CONGRES CONGRESS THE LIBRARY Congressman Court of Guam court system create elected establish extinguish Government of Guam Governor Guam Supreme Court Guam's judicial Hagåtña HAYWORTH hearing Illinois Indian Affairs Indian tribes issue Judge LAMORENA judicial branch Judicial Council judicial structure jurisdiction land in Illinois landowners legislation Letter submitted Miami Tribe Ninth Circuit Office Organic Act Ottawa Tribe political Potawatomi Tribe powers Prairie Band Potawatomi Prairie du Chien recognized title record on H.R. resolution RESS Section self-government Senator Shab-eh-nay Band Reservation Superior Court Territory testimony thank Treaty of Chicago Treaty of Grouseland Treaty of Prairie Treaty of Tippecanoe Tribe of Oklahoma U.S. Congress U.S. Constitution U.S. House U.S. Supreme Court UNDERWOOD United
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Page 138 - Certainly all those who have framed written Constitutions contemplate them as forming the fundamental and paramount law of the nation, and consequently the theory of every such government must be that an act of the Legislature repugnant to the Constitution is void...
Page 139 - It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is. Those who apply the rule to particular cases must of necessity expound and interpret that rule. If two laws conflict with each other, the courts must decide on the operation of each.
Page 49 - Indian nations, rights secured under Indian treaties and agreements with the United States, and all other rights and benefits to which we are entitled under the laws and Constitution of the United States...
Page 138 - If an act of the legislature, repugnant to the constitution, is void, does it, notwithstanding its invalidity, bind the courts, and oblige them to give it effect ? Or, in other words, though it be not law, does it constitute a rule as operative as if it was a law ? This would be to overthrow in fact what was established in theory; and would seem, at first view, an absurdity too gross to be insisted on.
Page 65 - Constitution the judicial power of the United States is vested in one Supreme Court and in such inferior courts as Congress may from time to time ordain and establish...
Page 49 - WHEREAS, we, the members of the National Congress of American Indians of the United States, invoking the divine blessing of the Creator upon our efforts and purposes, in order to preserve for ourselves and our descendants...
Page 47 - Indian cultural values, and otherwise promote the health, safety and welfare of the Indian people, do hereby establish and submit the following resolution; and WHEREAS, the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) was established in 1944 and is the oldest and largest national organization of American...
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Page 1 - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES, Washington, DC. The Committee met, pursuant to call, at 11 am in Room 1324, Longworth House Office Building, Hon.