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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... objection , and the matter was referred to committee as before.13 If the index is to be believed , the petition was ... objected . The publication of such a document , said Clement C. Clay of Alabama , would be a crime in almost every ...
... objections were not based on expediency alone . The right to petition , said Nathaniel Tallmadge of New York , had been recognized by the English Bill of Rights in 1688 and later by the first amendment ; it was the inalienable ...
... objection fared no better in debate . To reject a petition on the ground that Congress had no power to grant it , King insisted , would prejudge the merits.47 On this ques- tion even judicial practice arguably supported him : A court ...
... objected to . " Cong Globe App , 26th Cong , 1st Sess 748 . 59. It has even been strongly suggested that the first amendment itself guarantees a right not to listen . Public Utilities Comm v Pollak , 343 US 451 , 466 ( 1952 ) ( Black ...
... objection that if Congress could abolish slavery in the District it could do so in every federal enclave . Cong Deb , 24th Cong , 1st Sess 189 ( Sen. Leigh ) ; id at 4021 ( Rep . Robertson ) . Of course it could ; Congress has exclusive ...
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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 |