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Observations on the Late Presidential Veto: Together with a Plan for a ... - Page 46
1842 - 78 pages
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The Addresses and Messages of the Presidents of the United States ..., Volume 2

United States. President - Presidents - 1846 - 968 pages
...When I was a member of either house of Congress, I acted under the conviction that, to doubt as to the constitutionality of a law, was sufficient to...opinion of the chief magistrate ought to outweigh the solemnly-pronounced opinion of the representatives of the people and of the states. One of the prominent...
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897, Volume 4

United States. President, James Daniel Richardson - United States - 1897 - 716 pages
...occasion. \Vhen I was a member of either House of Congress I acted under the conviction that to doubt as to the constitutionality of a law was sufficient to induce...Magistrate ought to outweigh the solemnly pronounced opinion of the representatives of the people and of the States. One of the prominent features of the...
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Essays, Plays and Sundry Verses, Volume 2

Abraham Cowley - Drama - 1906 - 516 pages
...editions of the works of the poets. The same collection includes two other poems attributed to Cowley, but I have not been able to bring myself to believe that the internal evidence justifies the inclusion of them and I have therefore not printed them here. They...
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The American Executive and Executive Methods

John Huston Finley, John Franklin Sanderson - Executive power - 1908 - 366 pages
...said: "When I was a member of either House of Congress, I acted under the conviction that to doubt of the constitutionality of a law was sufficient to induce...magistrate ought to outweigh the solemnly pronounced opinion of the representatives of the people and the states. ' ' President Polk vetoed three bills,...
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The American Executive and Executive Methods

John Huston Finley, John Franklin Sanderson - Executive power - 1908 - 372 pages
...said: "When I was a meniber of either House of Congress, I acted under the conviction that to doubt of the constitutionality of a law was sufficient to induce me to give my vot$ against it; but I have not been able to bring myself to believe that a doubtful opinion of the...
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Lectures on the Growth and Development of the United States, Volume 7

Edwin Wiley - United States - 1915 - 496 pages
...Tyler's reasons. On receiving it, the House learned that Tyler disapproved of the bill, but said : "I have not been able to bring myself to believe that...magistrate ought to outweigh the solemnly pronounced opinion of the representatives of the people and of the States." He doubted that Congress possessed...
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The Constitution in Congress: Democrats and Whigs, 1829-1861

David P. Currie - Law - 2005 - 369 pages
...provision: When I was a member of either House of Congress I acted under the conviction that to doubt as to the constitutionality of a law was sufficient to induce...Magistrate ought to outweigh the solemnly pronounced opinion of the representatives of the people and of the States. One of the prominent features of the...
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Legislative Principles: The History and Theory of Lawmaking by ...

Robert Luce - Legislation - 2006 - 674 pages
...occasion When I was a member of either House of Congress I acted under the conviction that to doubt as to the constitutionality of a law was sufficient to induce me to give my vote against it; but I have ™t been able to bring myself to believe that a doubtful ортгоп of the Ohiet Magistrate ought...
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Political Foundations of Judicial Supremacy: The Presidency, the Supreme ...

Keith E. Whittington - Judicial review - 2007 - 332 pages
...bill, "When I was a member of either House of Congress 1 acted under the conviction that to doubt as to the constitutionality of a law was sufficient to induce...have not been able to bring myself to believe that doubtful opinion of the Chief Magistrate ought to outweigh the solemnly pronounced opinion of the representatives...
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Essays, Plays and Verses

516 pages
...editions of the works of the poets. The same collection includes two other poems attributed to Cowley, but I have not been able to bring myself to believe that the internal evidence justifies the inclusion of them and I have therefore not printed them here. They...
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