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" The complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution. By a limited Constitution I understand one which contains certain specified exceptions to the legislative authority; such, for instance, as that it shall... "
The Human Life Bill: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Separation of ... - Page 518
by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Separation of Powers - 1982
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Source Problems in United States History

Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin, William Edward Dodd, Marcus Wilson Jernegan, Arthur Pearson Scott - United States - 1918 - 536 pages
...to be so. 8. The Federalist, PL Ford, editor. [Alexander Hamilton, in No. LXXVII. 10 Page 520. . . . The complete independence of the courts of justice...which contains certain specified exceptions to the is legislative authority; such, for instance, as that it shall pass no bills of attainder, no ex post...
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Source Problems in United States History

Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin, William Edward Dodd, Marcus Wilson Jernegan, Arthur Pearson Scott - United States - 1918 - 536 pages
...Constitution. By a limited Constitution I understand one which contains certain specified exceptions to the 1s legislative authority; such, for instance, as that it shall pass no bills of attainder, no ex post facto laws, and the like. Limitations of this kind can be preserved in practice no other way...
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Law and Labor: A Periodical on the Law of the Labor Problem

Industrial relations - 1923 - 716 pages
...Constitution, prepared by that great convention, presided over by George Washington. Hamilton says : "The complete independence of the courts of justice...instance as that it shall pass no bills of attainder, no ex-post-facto laws, and the like. Limitations of this kind, can be preserved in practice no other way...
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Occasional Papers and Addresses of an American Lawyer

Henry Waters Taft - Law - 1920 - 368 pages
...reduced during their terms of office. Hamilton explains the reason for these provisions as follows: "The complete independence of the courts of justice...legislative authority; such, for instance, as that which shall pass no bills of attainder, no ex post facto laws, and the like. Limitations of this kind...
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Rules Enabling Act of 1985: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Courts, Civil ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice - Court rules - 1985 - 366 pages
...authority. Federalist Number 78 formed the conceptual heart of Hamilton's attitude toward the judiciary: "The complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential in a limited constitution."46 Arguing for judicial review of legislation's constitutionality, he denied that such...
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ..., Volume 474

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1988 - 1014 pages
...courts to expound and define their true meaning and operation." Indeed, Hamilton went on to say that "[t]he complete independence of the courts of justice...is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution." He concluded that "[a] constitution is, in fact, and must be regarded by the judges, as a fundamental...
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Foundations of American Constitutionalism

David A. J. Richards - Philosophy - 1989 - 332 pages
...made this very point in the most important defense by a founder of the principle of judicial review: The complete independence of the courts of justice...instance as that it shall pass no bills of attainder, no ex post facto laws, and the like. Limitations of this kind can be preserved in practice no other way...
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War Powers: Origins, Purposes, and Applications : Hearings Before the ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security, and Science - Executive power - 1989 - 372 pages
...in Lovett , 328 US, supra, at 314: "To quote Alexander Hamilton, '...a limited constitution. ..[ is] one which contains certain specified exceptions to...instance, as that it shall pass no bills of attainder, no ex post facto laws, and the like. Limitations of this kind can be preserved in practice no other way...
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Roots of the Republic: American Founding Documents Interpreted

Stephen L. Schechter - Business & Economics - 1990 - 478 pages
...constitution; and in a great measure as the citadel of the public justice and the public security. The complete independence of the courts of justice...constitution I understand one which contains certain specif1ed exceptions to the legislative authority; such for instance as that it shall pass no bills...
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One United People: The Federalist Papers and the National Idea

Edward Millican - History - 292 pages
...is especially important "in a limited constitution," Hamilton contends. By this he means a charter "which contains certain specified exceptions to the...instance as that it shall pass no bills of attainder, no ex post facto laws, and the like." He argues that "limitations of this kind can be preserved in practice...
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