 | Christoph Schärtl - 2005 - 324 頁
...Obligation, and bound the state sovereignties. (...) The powers delegated to the state sovereignties were to be exercised by themselves, not by a distinct and...by themselves. To the formation of a league, such äs was the confederation, the state sovereignties were certainly competent. But when, 'in order to... | |
 | Joshua A. Chafetz - 2007 - 319 頁
.... [T]he people were at perfect liberty to accept or reject it; and their act was final [W]hen, "in order to form a more perfect union," it was deemed necessary to change this alliance [the Confederation] into an effective government, possessing great and sovereign powers, and acting... | |
 | Albert P. Melone, Allan Karnes - 2008 - 724 頁
...be doubted, had it been created by the States. The powers delegated to the State sovereignties were to be exercised by themselves, not by a distinct and...competent. But when, "in order to form a more perfect union," it was deemed necessary to change this alliance into an effective government, possessing great... | |
 | H. NILES - 1819 - 658 頁
...be doubted, had it been created by the states. The powers delegated to the state sovereignties were to be exercised by themselves, not by a distinct and...competent. But when "in order to form a more perfect union," it was deemed necessary to change this alliance into an effective government, possessing great... | |
 | 1819 - 652 頁
...be doubted, bad it been created by the states. The powers delegated to the state sovereignties were to be exercised by themselves, not by a distinct and...were certainly competent But when "in order to form я more perfect union," it was deemed necessary to change this alliance into an effective government,... | |
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To the formation of a league such as was the Confederation, the state sovereignties were certainly competent. But when 'in order to form a more perfect union' it was deemed necessary to change this alliance into an effective government possessing great... 
