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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... duties.1 This volume and its predecessor cover the period between the inauguration of Andrew Jackson and that of Abraham Lincoln — from the Jacksonian revolution of 1829 to the out- break of the Civil War . As I explained in the preface ...
... duty of their servants to obey . If I have a right to a sum of money , it is the duty of my debtor to pay it to me . If the people have a right to petition their representatives , it is our duty to receive their petition.33 Morris of ...
... duties for their benefit . Does it not re- sult from the very nature of a Government so entirely popular as this ... duty of every member from the South , on this great and vital question , . . . to avoid every thing calculated to di ...
... duty to receive it . Everyone agreed that Congress did not have to grant the petition ; legislative power implies discretion not to pass laws . Nor did most members believe that Congress was required to debate every peti- tion on the ...
... duty to listen ; I have a right to make an offer for a contract , but you have no duty to entertain it.59 What about Senator Grundy's argument that the right to file petitions was meaningless if Congress was not required to accept them ...
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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 |