Congressional Resticting: Hearings ... 88-2 ... March 18-19, 19641964 - Всего страниц: 157 |
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Стр. 152 - by the People of the several States" means that as nearly as is practicable one man's vote in a congressional election is to be worth as much as another's.
Стр. 74 - While it may not be possible to draw congressional districts with mathematical precision, that is no excuse for ignoring our Constitution's plain objective of .making equal representation for equal numbers of people the fundamental goal for the House of Representatives.
Стр. 140 - When the concurrence of a large number is required by the Constitution to the doing of any National act, we are apt to rest satisfied that all is safe, because nothing improper will be likely to be done ; but we forget how much good may be prevented, and how much ill may be produced, by the power of hindering the doing what may be necessary and of keeping affairs in the same unfavorable posture in which they may happen to stand at particular periods.
Стр. 44 - That would be to sap the judicial power as it exists under the Federal Constitution, and to establish a government of a bureaucratic character alien to our system, wherever fundamental rights depend, as not infrequently they do depend, upon the facts, and finality as to facts becomes in effect finality in law.
Стр. 142 - Each State shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors equal to the number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress...
Стр. 140 - I know, also, that laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths disclosed, and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times.
Стр. 107 - Senate, respectively, and as such they are deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in that House in the case of...
Стр. 3 - That in each State entitled under this apportionment, the number to which such State may be entitled in the Fifty-third and each subsequent Congress, shall be elected by districts composed of contiguous territory, and containing, as nearly as practicable, an equal number of inhabitants.
Стр. 3 - That, for the purpose of choosing Representatives in the congress of the United States, each state shall, by its legislature, be divided into a number of districts, equal to the number of Representatives to which such state may be entitled.
Стр. 2 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Mates of America in Congress assembled, That...