The United States and the States Under the ConstitutionT. & J.W. Johnson, 1888 - 290 strani |
Druge izdaje - Prikaži vse
Pogosti izrazi in povedi
13 Wall 21 Wall 9 Wall 9 Wheat act of Congress action affect authority bill bill of attainder bonds Bridge charter Circuit Court citizens Constitution contract County debts declares defendant duty enacted enforcement ex post facto execution exemption exercise exports facts ferry forbid franchise freight Georgia grant gross receipts habeas corpus Hunter's Lessee ibid Illinois impair the obligation imposed interstate commerce interstate transportation issue judgment judicial power jurisdiction jury land legal tender legislation Lessee license limits Lottawanna Louisiana Magwire Maryland ment municipal national bank navigable waters officers Ogden Orleans party passengers payment Pennsylvania persons pilotage plaintiff poration port privileges prohibition question railway regulate commerce regulation of commerce rendered restraints river Section Shelby County Stat statute Steamship suit Supreme Court taxation territory thereof tion tonnage treaties United validity vessel vested Virginia void Wheat York
Priljubljeni odlomki
Stran 209 - State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under the United States, and the decision is against their validity; or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under any State, on the ground of their being repugnant to the constitution, treaties or laws of the United States...
Stran 163 - Bills of attainder, ex post facto laws, and laws impairing the obligation of contracts, are contrary to the first principles of the social compact, and to every principle of sound legislation.
Stran 243 - And the said records and judicial proceedings, authenticated as aforesaid, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court within the United States as they have by law or usage in the courts of the State from whence the said records are or shall be taken.
Stran 83 - Sale is the object of importation, and is an essential ingredient of that intercourse, of which importation constitutes a part. It is as essential an ingredient; as indispensable to the existence of the entire thing, then, as importation itself. It must be considered as a component part of the power to regulate commerce. Congress has a right, not only to authorize importation, but to authorize the importer to sell.
Stran 232 - That the laws of the several states, except where the constitution, treaties or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States...
Stran 86 - They form a portion of that immense mass of legislation; which embraces everything within the territory of a State, not surrendered to the general government; all which can be most advantageously exercised by the States themselves.
Stran 256 - They may, however, be all comprehended under the following general heads : protection by the government; the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the right to acquire and possess property of every kind, and to pursue and obtain happiness and safety ; subject nevertheless to such restraints as the government may justly prescribe for the general good of the whole.
Stran 256 - ... privileges and immunities of citizens of the States. It threw around them in that clause no security for the citizen of the State in which they were claimed or exercised. Nor did it profess to control the power of the State governments over the rights of its own citizens. Its sole purpose was to declare to the several States, that whatever those rights, as you grant or establish them to your own citizens, or as you limit or qualify, or impose restrictions on their exercise, the same, neither...
Stran 44 - The genius and character of the whole government seem to be that its action is to be applied to all the external concerns of the nation, and to those internal concerns which affect the states generally...
Stran 114 - Act of 1789 contains a clear and authoritative declaration by the first Congress, that the nature of this subject is such that until Congress should find it necessary to exert its power, it should be left to the legislation of the States...