Word: consti
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Federal control is constitutional. - (a) Constitution, Art. I, sec. 4, +++ 1. - (b) Decisions of Supreme Court (100 U. S. 371), (100 U. S. 631), (12 Int. Rev. Rec. 151). - (c) Constitutional writers: McCreary, Election Laws, p. 55; von Holst, Consti. Law, p. 72 note; Pomeroy, p. 1423; Storey +++ 627-833; Howe...
...ruling on the quorum is unconstitutional indefinite and dangerous. - (a) Unconstitutional. - (1) Not in accordance with the practice up to 1889; contemporaneous exposition. - (2) A majority prescribed by the constitution. - (3) The House not in absolute control of its own procedure; Consti, Art. 1, $5; Bryce, pp. 129-131. - (b) Indefinite, by being capable of different interpretations; Nation, Feb. 13, 1890, p. 124. - (c) Dangerous. - (1) Rules are intended to protect, not to oppress minorities...