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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... Representatives fifteen petitions from Pennsylvania citizens to abolish both slavery and the slave trade in the ... Representative William Hiester presented a similar petition in early 1833 , John Mason of Virginia suggested that it ...
... Representative had just said , it was pointless to send it to the graveyard of committee ) but printed for the elucidation of members and the public . The House initially voted to print the petition but thought better of it after ...
... representatives , it is our duty to receive their petition.33 Morris of Ohio , Niles of Connecticut , Wall of New Jersey ... Representative Stiles won the prize for the most boneheaded response : Slavery could not be a " grievance , " he ...
... Representative Dickson had pointedly noted in 1835 , no one could.65 Opponents were quick to observe that there were constitutional limits to what Con- gress could do in the District , and we may grant them that.66 It had long been ...
... Representative Hoar , Congress's express authority to legislate for the District would amount to nothing at all . Id at 2257-58 . 71. Cong Deb , 24th Cong , 1st Sess 520 ( Sen. Niles ) ; id at 667 ( Sen. Prentiss ) ; id at 2257-58 ( Rep ...
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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 |