Congressional Tenure of Office: Hearings Before Committee on the Judiciary and Subcommittee No. 5, House of Representatives, Eighty-ninth Congress, First and Second SessionsUnited States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee No. 5 U.S. Government Printing Office, 1966 - 332 strani |
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Stran 127 - We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy, as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors.
Stran 21 - The seats of the members of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year...
Stran 7 - Legislature after this Constitution takes effect, the Senators shall be divided by lot as equally as may be, into two classes ; the seats of the Senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the first year, so that one half shall be chosen annually.
Stran 206 - No man can be a competent legislator who does not add to an upright intention and a sound judgment, a certain degree of knowledge of the subjects on which he is to legislate. A part of this knowledge may be acquired by means of information which lie within the compass of men in private as well as public stations. Another part can only be attained, or at least thoroughly attained, by actual experience in the station which requires the use of it. The period of...
Stran 7 - Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled (twothirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States...
Stran 40 - As it is essential to liberty, that the Government in general should have a common interest with the People ; so it is particularly essential, that the branch of it under consideration should have an immediate dependence on, and an intimate sympathy with the People.
Stran 101 - I know, also, that laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths disclosed, and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times.
Stran 2 - This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress.
Stran 67 - A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF MINNESOTA Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee, I appreciate the opportunity to testify today on an issue of great importance to the people of Minnesota.
Stran 65 - He was as much against a triennial House, as against a hereditary Executive. Mr. MADISON observed, that if the opinions of the people were to be our guide, it would be difficult to say what course we ought to take. No member of the Convention could say what the opinions of his constituents were at this time; much less could he say what they would think, if possessed of the information and...