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
Expenditures, public statement of, 22
_Ex post facto_ law, 22, 171, 177, 224
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_Federalist, The_, quoted or cited, 4, 8, 12, 13, 17, 33, 34,
35, 36, 116, 117, 118, 187
Fee, license, 74
Felonies, 44
Florida, as a territory, status in U. S., 127
France, as sovereign, 2
Fugitives from justice, 151, 152;
political, 153, 154
Ft. Leavenworth Military Reservation, 48
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Gallatin, Albert, on Louisiana purchase, 14, 15
Government, representative, 2;
republican form guaranteed, 6;
a unit, 19;
distinguished from sovereignty, 23;
limited, affected by Sixteenth Amendment, 23, 24;
national, when supreme, 34;
nature of national, 38;
Marshall’s differentiation between State and federal, 51;
of the U. S., distinct from the State, 116;
what constitutes a lawful State, 128;
principal of separation of powers of, 135, 136;
of the U. S. power of, 137, 138;
what is a republican form of? 154, 155, 156
Governor, power of extradition, 151, 152;
issues writs of election, 179
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Habeas Corpus, 21, 143
Hamilton, on National and State systems, 13;
as interpreter of the Constitution, 28;
as to State and federal sovereignty 35, 36;
on residuary sovereignty, 177;
on the Constitution as a Bill of Rights, 187
Hayes, President, on power of the President, 109, 110
House of Representatives (U. S.) members, 103, 172, 179;
election of, 182, 216.
(_See also_ _Congress_, _Powers_.)
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Impeachment, 107
Imports, 40
Imposts, 171
Information, prosecution by, 220
Interstate commerce, testimony before, 225, 226
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Jefferson, on Louisiana purchase, 13;
as interpreter of the Constitution, 28
Johnson, President, 103
Judges, bound by the Constitution, 1
Judiciary Act, 141
Judiciary, as agent, 3, 4;
law of judicial power, the, 113–145;
supremacy of, 129–133
Jurisdiction, of congress and legislatures, 18–50;
principle of, 38;
of the U. S., 45, 58, 63;
of a State, 48;
State and federal compared, 51, 68, 72, 73, 78, 80, 81, 82, 86,
91, 92, 95, 97;
the test, 53;
of the Executive, 102–112;
of the Judiciary, 113–145;
of Supreme and of inferior federal courts, 118, 119, 120, 122, 123;
admiralty, 121;
federal and State distinguished, 124, 125;
as to political questions, 126, 127;
original of Supreme Court, 136, 137;
national commercial, 137;
principal of State, 146, 147;
no new conferred by the constitution, 146;
determines citizenship, 151
_Jury_, as used in the Constitution, 209, 210;
indictment of, 220
Justice, principles of natural, 50
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Kansas, jurisdiction over Ft. Leavenworth Military Reservation, 48
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, 17 (note)
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