Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, Historical and Juridical: With Observations Upon the Ordinary Provisions of State Constitutions and a Comparison with the Constitutions of Other Countries, Volume 1

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Boston Book Company, 1895 - Constitutional history - 713 pages
 

Contents

Sovereign Powers of the United States in General
40
Compromises of the Constitution
41
Result of the Federal Convention
45
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER I
46
CHAPTER II
61
Sovereignty of the States before the Federal Constitution
63
The Constitution was formed by the Thirteen States
70
Legality of an Indissolubl Union between Sovereign States
73
The Constitution is not a Legal Compact
75
Proceedings in Federal Convention as to the Determination of the Form of the New Government
80
History of the Preamble
92
1 Zionificance of the Phrase We the people of the United States
94
Significance of the Phrase to form a more perfect Union
96
Significance of the Phrase to Establish Justice
97
Significance of the Phrase to Insure domestic Tranquillity
98
Significance of the Phrase to provide for the Common Defense
99
Significance of the Phrase to secure the Blessings of Liberty
100
Significance of the Word Constitution
103
Testimony of Contemporary Statesmen on the Nature of the Consti tution
104
Judicial Decisions as to the Nature of the Constitution
108
Early Assertions of the Right of Secession
116
The Doctrine of Nullification
125
History of Nullification
145
Constitutional Aspects of Slavery
158
Constitutional History of the Southern Confederacy
186
Reconstruction
207
State Sovereignty and State Rights
246
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER II
279
Kentucky Resolutions of 1798
285
First Ordinance of Nullification
293
History of the Classification of Governmental Powers
299
CHAPTER IV
306
Proceedings in Convention as to the Composition of Congress
312
CHAPTER VI
319
The Fifteenth Amendment
327
Limitations of the Federal Constitution on the Power of the States
332
Constitutionality of Registration Laws
340
CHAPTER IX
447
The Speaker of the House
453
Origin of the Senate
459
Proceedings in the Federal Convention concerning the Composition of the Senate
466
Senatorial Elections
473
Classification of the Senate
483
Filling Vacancies in the Senate
484
CHAPTER XII
499
Powers of the VicePresident over the Senate
500
The President pro tempore of the Senate
503
Other Officers of the Senate 82 History of the Provisions as to the Presidency and Officers of the Senate
504
CHAPTER XIII
505
Origin of Impeachments
506
Proceedings in the Convention as to Impeachment
508
Reasons for the Trial of Impeachments by the Senate
512
History of Impeachments before the Senate of the United States
529
Persons Subject to Impeachment
567
Impeachment after Expiration of Official Term
574
Impeachable Offences
588
Convictions upon Impeachment in the United States 95 Causes for which Public Officers may be Removed
602
Removal of Judges
605
Preliminary Proceedings on Impeachments
606
Articles of Impeachment 505
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605
609
Service of Process on Impeachment
610
Managers of Impeachment and Counsel for Prosecution 612 101 Swearing of the Senate
612
Appearance of the Accused
613
Pleadings of the Respondent
614
Replication 616 105 Proceedings on the Trial of an Impeachment
616
Evidence upon Impeachment Trials
619
Arguments of Counsel
621
Decision upon Impeachment
622
457
623
Imposition of Penalty upon Conviction
626
Pardons to Impeachments 111 Concluding Observations on Impeachments 616 619 621 622
628
APPENDIX TO VOL I
633
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