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... clearly constitutional . In May 2007 , 25 widely respected legal scholars wrote to Congress affirming that " Congress has the power through ' simple ' legislation to provide voting representation in Congress for DC residents . " 13 This ...
... clearly constitutional . In May 2007 , 25 widely respected legal scholars wrote to Congress affirming that " Congress has the power through ' simple ' legislation to provide voting representation in Congress for DC residents . " 13 This ...
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... clearly shows is that these issues were in the minds of the Framers when they drafted the Constitution and were not , as some claim , an afterthought . Claim : No one anticipated the district becoming a large city with many citizens ...
... clearly shows is that these issues were in the minds of the Framers when they drafted the Constitution and were not , as some claim , an afterthought . Claim : No one anticipated the district becoming a large city with many citizens ...
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... clearly shows that the expectation existed even then that the city of Washington would become a great city . [ A friend ] has often been to the new federal city of Washington ; has no doubt it must be very considerable in a few years ...
... clearly shows that the expectation existed even then that the city of Washington would become a great city . [ A friend ] has often been to the new federal city of Washington ; has no doubt it must be very considerable in a few years ...
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... Clearly , Chief Justice Marshall , like us today , was uncomfortable with the distinct divergence in this case between justice and the Constitution , but barring a Constitutional amendment , he consid- ered himself bound to the ...
... Clearly , Chief Justice Marshall , like us today , was uncomfortable with the distinct divergence in this case between justice and the Constitution , but barring a Constitutional amendment , he consid- ered himself bound to the ...
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... clearly precludes the District of Columbia from being con- sidered a state for the purposes of choosing members for the House of Representatives . A basic rule of statutory interpretation is that when a reader is interpreting a statute ...
... clearly precludes the District of Columbia from being con- sidered a state for the purposes of choosing members for the House of Representatives . A basic rule of statutory interpretation is that when a reader is interpreting a statute ...
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Pagina 10 - CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED In compliance with clause 3 of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill, as reported, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in italic...
Pagina 31 - Section 1. The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct: A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President...
Pagina 24 - The indispensable necessity of complete authority at the seat of government carries its own evidence with it. It is a power exercised by every legislature of the Union, I might say of the world, by virtue of its general supremacy. Without it, not only the public authority might be insulted and its proceedings be interrupted with impunity, but a dependence of the members of the general government on the state comprehending the seat of the government, for protection in the exercise of their duty, might...
Pagina 25 - The extent of this federal district is sufficiently circumscribed to satisfy every jealousy of an opposite nature. And as it is to be appropriated to this use with the consent of the State ceding it ; as the State will no doubt provide in the compact for the rights and the consent of the citizens inhabiting it...
Pagina 34 - On the other hand, a rule of equal importance is, not to enlarge the construction of a given power beyond the fair scope of its terms, merely because the restriction is inconvenient, impolitic, or even mischievous.
Pagina 13 - The Delegate shall have a seat in the House of Representatives, with the right of debate, but not of voting.
Pagina 10 - Congress and of each fifth Congress thereafter, the President shall transmit to the Congress a statement showing the whole number of persons in each State...
Pagina 22 - Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding, and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense. Their meaning is not to be sought for in metaphysical subtleties, which may make anything mean everything or nothing, at pleasure.
Pagina 24 - State comprehending the seat of the government, for protection in the exercise of their duty, might bring on the national councils an imputation of awe or influence, equally dishonorable to the government and dissatisfactory to the other members of the Confederacy. This consideration has the more weight, as the gradual accumulation of public improvements at the stationary residence of the government would be both too great a public pledge to be left in the hands of a single State...
Pagina 1 - ... and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon, with amendments and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.