The Essentials of American Constitutional LawThorpe, Francis Newton
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The Essentials of American Constitutional Law
Thorpe, Francis Newton
Constitutional law -- United States
Amendments, protect fundamental rights, 22;
the Sixteenth, 23, 24, 57, 61;
I.-XVII., 28, 29, 57, 58, 61;
Fourteenth, 96, 97;
Eleventh, the, 114, 115;
first ten, 173–175, 199, 200;
Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, 175;
Thirteenth, 176, 198, 200;
Fourteenth, 176, 198, 200, 206, 207, 216, 217;
Fifth, 198;
Fifteenth, 222, 223;
Ninth, 200;
Tenth, 200, 203;
Fourth, 203;
Seventh, 210
Anti-Trust Act, 83, 84, 85
Appropriations, 22, 171;
of Representatives and Senators, 179
Arizona, admission of, 158
Army, 171
Asylum, right of, 152, 153
Attainder, bill of, 22, 171, 172
B
Bank, State, 89, 90
Bankruptcies, 36, 37
Bible, in public schools, 202, 203
Bill of credit, 41
Bill of Rights, 173–175;
the Constitution a, 187, 210, 211
Bonds, 90
Boycott, 84
C
Cabinet, the, 105, 106
California, law of, held constitutional, 220
Carriers, Common, 87
Charters, 91
Checks and balances, 164, 165;
on the Executive, 166–169;
on Congress, 170–177, 178;
on the States, 176–181
Checks on Congress, 27
Chief Justice, in Court of Impeachment, 103, 108, 109
Cities, jurisdiction over, 48
Citizen, of a territory, of a State, 141, 142;
privileges and immunities of, 149, 150, 212, 215, 220;
as participant in the federal government, 182;
as elector, 216
Citizens, privileges and immunities of, 149, 150, 163 (note)
Citizenship, defined, 212;
two citizenships, 212, 213, 226–229
Civil Rights Bill, 218, 219
Comity, the law of State, 146–163
Commerce, regulation of interstate, 22;
law of, 63–88;
regulation of, belongs to sovereignty, 63, 64;
defined, 67;
State and interstate, 63–88;
unlawful restraint of, 72;
when an article is of, 73;
distinguished from manufacture, 73;
“taxation of commerce,” meaning of, 75;
principal of regulation of, 76, 77, 78;
interstate, 78, 88;
intrastate, 79, 80, 88;
“foreign commerce,” 87, 88
Confederation, a league, 7;
unable to regulate commerce, 66
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