The Land of Fair Play: American Civics from a Christian PerspectiveChristian Liberty Press, 2007 - 180 էջ |
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... Judge - Next is the umpire . You can play a small game without an umpire , but there is likely to be trouble and dispute over close decisions , and no big game is ever played without an umpire . He belongs to neither team and is chosen ...
... Judge - Next is the umpire . You can play a small game without an umpire , but there is likely to be trouble and dispute over close decisions , and no big game is ever played without an umpire . He belongs to neither team and is chosen ...
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... judges do for us ? Why do we have laws ? Are Americans free to do whatever they wish ? 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . Who makes our laws ? 6 . 7 . What are the three branches of American government ? Why do we have a government and what does it do ...
... judges do for us ? Why do we have laws ? Are Americans free to do whatever they wish ? 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . Who makes our laws ? 6 . 7 . What are the three branches of American government ? Why do we have a government and what does it do ...
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... judges to act as umpires for them when laws are disputed . But the President , the legislatures , and the judges are simply 8 Chapter Home Rule 23.
... judges to act as umpires for them when laws are disputed . But the President , the legislatures , and the judges are simply 8 Chapter Home Rule 23.
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... judges are simply the agents of the people to carry out the wishes of the people . The Constitution of the United ... judge or the officer , but in the name of " the people . " " Of the people , by the people , for the people " was ...
... judges are simply the agents of the people to carry out the wishes of the people . The Constitution of the United ... judge or the officer , but in the name of " the people . " " Of the people , by the people , for the people " was ...
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... judge can convict him , no police officer , no politician , no rich and powerful man . Plain American citizens , like himself , alone can send him to jail . Moreover , the trial must be public . Secret trials have always been the ...
... judge can convict him , no police officer , no politician , no rich and powerful man . Plain American citizens , like himself , alone can send him to jail . Moreover , the trial must be public . Secret trials have always been the ...
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Էջ 147 - ... or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.
Էջ 122 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union ; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood!
Էջ 133 - Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a Tax or Duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person. 2 The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it. 3 No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed. 4 No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Էջ ii - These are the times that try men's souls : The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it Now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Էջ 138 - The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so, construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular state. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every state in this Union, a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion, and on application of the legislature, or of the...
Էջ 147 - President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President. Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office...
Էջ 147 - Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President.
Էջ 137 - SECTION 3. 1. New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union ; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State ; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more States or parts of States without the consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned, as well as of the Congress.
Էջ 131 - Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy ; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
Էջ 147 - Section 1. In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President. Section 2. Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.