The American Law Review, Volume 12Little, Brown, and Company, 1878 - Law |
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... present state of our Constitution and laws upon the exciting subject of the election of Chief Mag- istrate . A great danger and the law that averted it have both passed away ; but there remains the imperative duty of providing in ...
... present state of our Constitution and laws upon the exciting subject of the election of Chief Mag- istrate . A great danger and the law that averted it have both passed away ; but there remains the imperative duty of providing in ...
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... present question ) , given a people a century of internal peace , happiness , and prosperity , ought to be changed without the clearest and most urgent reasons . Changes for the sake of experiment , or of following a sup- posed better ...
... present question ) , given a people a century of internal peace , happiness , and prosperity , ought to be changed without the clearest and most urgent reasons . Changes for the sake of experiment , or of following a sup- posed better ...
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... present nature and balances of our government , and to what they would be , were the new plan adopted . While it is conceded that in respect of every power granted by the Constitution to the general govern- ment , and each of its ...
... present nature and balances of our government , and to what they would be , were the new plan adopted . While it is conceded that in respect of every power granted by the Constitution to the general govern- ment , and each of its ...
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... present practice departs from the original theory , which is said to have been , that the Electors were to be free ... present system , therefore , we get the will of a majority of the people of each State . The next objection of the ...
... present practice departs from the original theory , which is said to have been , that the Electors were to be free ... present system , therefore , we get the will of a majority of the people of each State . The next objection of the ...
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... present system , but is a rule applied with a double force : for it is provided , first , that a plurality in each district shall fix the vote of the district ; and , second , that a plurality of the votes of districts shall elect the ...
... present system , but is a rule applied with a double force : for it is provided , first , that a plurality in each district shall fix the vote of the district ; and , second , that a plurality of the votes of districts shall elect the ...
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