| Texas. Court of Criminal Appeals - Criminal law - 1912 - 766 pages
...general power of making inquiry into the private affairs of the citizen. Vol. LXIV Crim— 22. "It ia believed to -be one of the chief merits of the American...of written constitutional law, that all the powers entrusted to governments, whether State or National, are divided into the three grand departments of... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - Civil rights - 1964 - 504 pages
...the powers of the Federal Government among the Congress, the President, and the courts constitutes "one of the chief merits of the American system of written constitutional law" ; and as Chief Justice White declared, in substance, in McCray v. US, 195 US 27, 55, the safety of... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary - 1964 - 490 pages
...the powers of the Federal Government among the Congress, the President, and the courts constitutes "one of the chief merits of the American system of written constitutional law" ; and as Chief Justice White declared, in substance, in McCray v. US, 195 US 27, 55, the safety of... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary - 1971 - 668 pages
...a 1880 decision is often used to suggest that the Court thinks of separated powers in strict terms: It is believed to be one of the chief merits of the...government, whether State or national, are divided into the three grand departments, the executive, the legislative, and the judicial. That the functions appropriate... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary - 1971 - 662 pages
...445; 2 Burr Trials, 533-536: see also 25 Op. AG 326. In Kilbourn v. Thompson, supra, the Court said : "It is believed to be one of the chief merits of the...government, whether State or national, are divided into the three grand departments, the executive. the legislative, and the judicial. That the functions appropriate... | |
| United States. Congress. House Rules - 1973 - 330 pages
...1880 decision is often used to suggest that the Court thinks of separated powers in strict terms : It is believed to be one of the chief merits of the...government, whether State or national, are divided into the three grand departments, the executive, the legislative, and the judicial. That the functions appropriate... | |
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