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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... jurisdiction because it fails to state a claim on which relief can be granted.48 43. Id at 506. See also id at 745 ( Sen. Hubbard ) ; id at 684 ( Sen. Buchanan ) : " It would be but a poor answer to their petitions to tell them they ...
... jurisdiction , and to what it shall direct its deliberation and action.57 House rules since 1789 , Calhoun added , had contemplated formal action by the Senate to receive petitions ; Jefferson's respected manual of parliamentary ...
... jurisdiction or on the merits . The trouble with the alternative arguments dis- cussed above that would have limited either the subject matter of petitions or the persons entitled to present them is that they would subject petitioners ...
... jurisdiction , not title to land within the ceded area ; 70 in any event Congress's power was defined by the Constitution , not by Virginia law.71 Calhoun at one point declared that to abolish slavery would deprive owners of property ...
... jurisdiction has power to regulate its own affairs.98 As for recording , the Supreme Court in upholding an arguably analogous requirement made clear that because of the lack of hardship in complying with the requirement it was a special ...
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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 |