The Constitutional Review, 第 1-2 卷Henry Campbell Black, Herbert Francis Wright National Association for Constitutional Government, 1917 The Constitutional review served as the official organ of the National Association for Constitutional Government, advocating the maintenance of constitutional government and recording its progress at home and abroad. The review includes articles on proposed or accomplished changes in constitutions, and on political activity related to the subject of constitutional government. Reviews of books on relevant topics are also included. |
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第 7 頁
... lands , to come home to see vio- lent hands laid upon it ) that this at- tack , often offensive in form , and al- ways crude in substance , should have been permitted to continue and endure now these dozen years Representative Government 7.
... lands , to come home to see vio- lent hands laid upon it ) that this at- tack , often offensive in form , and al- ways crude in substance , should have been permitted to continue and endure now these dozen years Representative Government 7.
第 8 頁
... hands of the executive , in order that through his urgency , through his control of the elective rep- resentatives of the people , he may promptly override the judgment of those representatives freshly chosen by the people , and often ...
... hands of the executive , in order that through his urgency , through his control of the elective rep- resentatives of the people , he may promptly override the judgment of those representatives freshly chosen by the people , and often ...
第 10 頁
... hands of politicians . If our Con- stitution requires a change , well and good ; let us discuss it calmly and de- liberately , and give the specific reasons for it , but let us not abolish the guaran- tees of our freedom , or drag ...
... hands of politicians . If our Con- stitution requires a change , well and good ; let us discuss it calmly and de- liberately , and give the specific reasons for it , but let us not abolish the guaran- tees of our freedom , or drag ...
第 11 頁
... hands of " the peo- ple , " to abolish government by repre- sentatives , and to substitute for it the direct personal judgment of the people themselves . It is proposed to accom- plish this change by adopting and in- corporating into ...
... hands of " the peo- ple , " to abolish government by repre- sentatives , and to substitute for it the direct personal judgment of the people themselves . It is proposed to accom- plish this change by adopting and in- corporating into ...
第 18 頁
... hands of their representatives ; and make the representatives responsible at short pe- riods to the popular judgment , and the rights of men will be safe , for they will select only such as will protect their rights and dismiss those ...
... hands of their representatives ; and make the representatives responsible at short pe- riods to the popular judgment , and the rights of men will be safe , for they will select only such as will protect their rights and dismiss those ...
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第 21 頁 - This Government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upon full investigation and mature deliberation, completely free in its principles, in the distribution of its powers, uniting security with energy, and containing within itself a provision for its own amendment, has a just claim to your confidence and your support. Respect for its authority, compliance with its laws, acquiescence in its measures, are duties enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true liberty.
第 83 頁 - XVIII [SECTION 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited. SECTION 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
第 83 頁 - Section 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. Section 3. This article shall be Inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several states, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
第 180 頁 - A Declaration of Rights made by the Representatives of the good People of Virginia, assembled in full and free Convention, which rights do pertain to them and their Posterity, as the basis and foundation of Government. 1. That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights...
第 21 頁 - Towards the preservation of your government, and the permanency of your present happy state, it is requisite not only that you steadily discountenance irregular oppositions to its acknowledged authority, but also that you resist with care the spirit of innovation upon its principles, however specious the pretexts.
第 174 頁 - If the Legislature be in session, he shall transmit to the house in which the bill originated a copy of such statement, and the items objected to shall be separately reconsidered.
第 243 頁 - If any person shall write, print, utter, or publish, or shall cause or procure to be written, printed, uttered, or published, or shall knowingly and willingly assist or aid in writing, printing, uttering, or publishing, any false, scandalous and malicious writing or writings against the government of the United States...
第 17 頁 - Hence it is that such democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention, have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property, and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths. Theoretic...
第 21 頁 - If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed. The precedent must always greatly overbalance in permanent evil any partial or transient benefit which the use can at any time...
第 180 頁 - That elections of members to serve as representatives of the people in assembly, ought to be free ; and that all men having sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with, and attachment to the community, have the right of suffrage...