The Constitution in Congress: Descent into the Maelstrom, 1829-1861University of Chicago Press, 2007年12月1日 - 344 頁 This acclaimed series serves as a biography of the U.S. Constitution, offering an indispensable survey of the congressional history behind its development. In a rare examination of the role that both the legislative and executive branches have played in the development of constitutional interpretation, The Constitution in Congress shows how the actions and proceedings of these branches reveal perhaps even more about constitutional disputes than Supreme Court decisions of the time. |
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... District of Columbia IV . The Indomitable Mr. Adams 12 18 CHAPTER 2 : SOUTH CAROLINA , ARKANSAS , AND LIBERIA 24 I. Stopping the Mails 24 II . Michigan 31 III . Arkansas 37 IV . Colonization 39 V. Exclusion 41 Part One : Diplomacy ...
... District of Columbia . The latter request , Ad- ams suggested , might be a proper subject for congressional action , and he therefore recom- mended that the petitions be referred to the Committee on the Affairs of the District of Co ...
... District and ought to do so.16 He asked that the petitions be sent to a select committee , not buried like their predecessors in the Southern - dominated Committee on the District of Columbia , which no longer even bothered to file ...
... District not even be received . We had hoped , said James Hammond in the House , that tabling such petitions would dis- courage them , but it had failed to do so.20 Congress had no more power to abolish slavery in the District , said ...
... District of Columbia could complain of slavery there.37 One could petition Con- gress only to take action within its powers , and Congress had no authority to abolish slavery in the District.38 Congress was forbidden only to pass " law ...
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Diplomacy Expansion and Force | 49 |
The Evil Empire | 131 |
Conclusion | 254 |
Dramatis Personae | 257 |
Principal Officers 18291861 | 279 |
The Constitution of the United States | 287 |
Index | 303 |