Selected Literary and Political Papers and Addresses of Woodrow Wilson, Volume 3Grosset & Dunlap, 1921 - United States |
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Page 78
... federal states give direct con- tradiction of fact to prevailing theories respect- ing the necessity for unity of ... federal authority , were even antecedent to the powers of the federal government , and historically quite inde- pendent ...
... federal states give direct con- tradiction of fact to prevailing theories respect- ing the necessity for unity of ... federal authority , were even antecedent to the powers of the federal government , and historically quite inde- pendent ...
Page 79
... federal states , even the amendment of the fundamental law becomes an organic act , depending , practi- cally without exception , upon the initiative of the chief originative organ of the federal state . Confederations are here out of ...
... federal states , even the amendment of the fundamental law becomes an organic act , depending , practi- cally without exception , upon the initiative of the chief originative organ of the federal state . Confederations are here out of ...
Page 80
... federal state lie the highest powers of originative legal deter- mination , the ultimate authority to warrant change and sanction jurisdiction . Our thought is embarrassed throughout such an analysis by the very fact which invalidates ...
... federal state lie the highest powers of originative legal deter- mination , the ultimate authority to warrant change and sanction jurisdiction . Our thought is embarrassed throughout such an analysis by the very fact which invalidates ...
Page 114
... federal Constitution an admirable reservoir , in which the mighty waters of de- mocracy are held at rest , kept back from free destructive course . Lord Rosebery has wonder- ing praise for the security of our Senate against usurpation ...
... federal Constitution an admirable reservoir , in which the mighty waters of de- mocracy are held at rest , kept back from free destructive course . Lord Rosebery has wonder- ing praise for the security of our Senate against usurpation ...
Page 124
... federal action , Judge Cooley is allowed to have laid bare the most essential parts of our constitu- tional system . It was a prime necessity in so complex a structure that bounds should be set to authority . The ' may - nots ' and the ...
... federal action , Judge Cooley is allowed to have laid bare the most essential parts of our constitu- tional system . It was a prime necessity in so complex a structure that bounds should be set to authority . The ' may - nots ' and the ...
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Page 88 - Among the bowers of paradise itself) The budding rose above the rose full blown. What temper at the prospect did not wake To happiness unthought of?
Page 107 - Britain, whole within herself, A nation yet, the rulers and the ruled — Some sense of duty, something of a faith, Some reverence for the laws ourselves have made, Some patient force to change them when we will, Some civic manhood firm against the crowd...