Appropriate Role of Foreign Judgments in the Interpretation of American Law: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Second Session, on H. Res. 568, March 25, 2004, Հատոր 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 2004 - 60 էջ |
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... affection for their own constitution is one of the things that keeps our republic stable . In the 19th Century , that affection was expressed , actually , through parades in the street in favor of our constitution . That may be a little ...
... affection for their own constitution is one of the things that keeps our republic stable . In the 19th Century , that affection was expressed , actually , through parades in the street in favor of our constitution . That may be a little ...
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... affection that citizens have for their founding document . In the nineteenth century , this affection was marked by parades and celebrations . In our own time which has more distractions , the sense of public affection is no less ...
... affection that citizens have for their founding document . In the nineteenth century , this affection was marked by parades and celebrations . In our own time which has more distractions , the sense of public affection is no less ...
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... affections that Americans have for their own Constitu- tion . Constitutionism has a great problem . Who is going to ... affection for the Constitution is it's their Constitution , and if systematically over time the Su- preme Court ...
... affections that Americans have for their own Constitu- tion . Constitutionism has a great problem . Who is going to ... affection for the Constitution is it's their Constitution , and if systematically over time the Su- preme Court ...
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Էջ 55 - At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the government upon vital questions, affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made, in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Էջ 42 - The judiciary, on the contrary, has no influence over either the sword or the purse; no direction either of the strength or of the wealth of the society; and can take no active resolution whatever.
Էջ 13 - It has also been observed that an act of Congress ought never to be construed to violate the law of nations if any other possible construction remains...
Էջ 2 - ... there can be no liberty ; because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.
Էջ 13 - The decisions of the courts of every country, so far as they are founded upon a law common to every country, will be received, not as authority, but with respect. The decisions of the courts of every country show how the law of nations, in the given case, is understood in that country, and will be considered in adopting the rule which is to prevail in this.
Էջ 12 - An attention to the judgment of other nations is important to every Government, for two reasons : the one is, that independently of the merits of any particular plan or measure, it is desirable, on various accounts, that it should appear to other nations as the offspring of a wise and honorable policy...
Էջ 26 - The right the petitioners seek in this case has been accepted as an integral part of human freedom in many other countries. There has been no showing that in this country the governmental interest in circumscribing personal choice is somehow more legitimate or urgent.
Էջ 55 - there is no liberty, if the power of judging be not separated from the legislative and executive powers.
Էջ 43 - State laws against bigamy, same-sex marriage, adult incest, prostitution, masturbation, adultery, fornication, bestiality, and obscenity are likewise sustainable only in light of Bowers' validation of laws based on moral choices. Every single one of these laws is called into question by today's decision; the Court makes no effort to cabin the scope of its decision to exclude them from its holding.