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Later in the week despatches reported that the Mexican Government had sent a note in reply, reiterating its former position that Mexico will stand pat on what she believes to be her rights to enact and enforce this legislation...
...first action after being declared absolute dictator was to order Parliament to enact a compulsory arbitration law. Violators will be punished by fine or imprisonment or both. Imprisonment to an Italian is most abhorrent, as he knows the horrible condition of the various Italian prisons. Therefore he will work for underpay and under any conditions rather than go to prison...
...jail on the grounds that the Volstead Act was illegal because it had passed before the 18th Amendment was ratified. Justice Holmes read the Court's opinion sustaining the Act, declaring: "No reason has been suggested why the Constitution may not have given Congress a present power to enact laws intended to carry out constitutional provisions for the future when the time comes for them to take effect...
...There is nothing in the Articles of War enacted by Congress which prohibits freedom of speech, and the same Constitution which gives Congress power to enact those articles forbids its passing any law abridging that freedom. The right of freedom of speech is undoubtedly guaranteed by the Constitution, and if the 96th Article of War abridges that right, it is unconstitutional and void. It becomes a question, then, whether the Army and the War Department are governed by the Constitution, or whether they are at liberty to ignore its' provisions...
...when the Senate is not in session no one can be ousted; 2) the Senate could confer life tenure. Furthermore, the party in control of Congress during the short session after a Presidential election could, with the support of the outgoing President, or with a two-thirds majority, enact a law which would prohibit the new President from forming a new Cabinet of his own. In short, the Senate, if Senator Pepper's contention is sound, could so usurp the executive function as to make a President powerless. All of which is absurd...