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...fact that many of the Consulates lie in territory hostile to the Peking Government, thus rendering that Government powerless to give effect to its magnanimity...
...Chamber cannot legally force the President to resign. The Senate is likewise powerless, but, if it should have a two-thirds majority in favor of the President, it can dissolve the Chamber and call for new elections. Even the Senate and the Chamber combined cannot oust Millerand, for he can only be legally turned out of office for high treason. A hostile Parliament would, however, rapidly drive the President to resign voluntarily, for his position would be morally untenable...
...followers have an even more radical plan which would allow no subordinate judge to set aside an Act of Congress and would allow the Supreme Court to set aside a law only once. If it should be passed by Congress a second time the Supreme Court would be powerless to annul it. This would have the effect of allowing Congress to override any part of the Constitution at will, if Congressmen could agree with themselves twice in succession. Clearly this plan would require a Constitutional Amendment and Mr. La Follette is planning to submit one. One of the arguments...
...into that memorial this critical paragraph: "The national Government alone has control of the manufacture of intoxicants and has a very special obligation to perform in prohibiting the importation into this country of wines and spirituous liquors contrary to the laws of the United States. The individual States are powerless to act in these respects; therefore the national Government should exercise its full power and authority in dealing with these questions." Governor Blaine of Wisconsin, one of the defeated Wets, said afterwards: "There is one possible result [of the Conference]: Pinchot may be elected President." 3) After the conference...
...little question of the morality of the American stage. John Roach Straton, Charles Sumner and the other "reformers" of this wicked world have precluded the survival of any element of general reputability in our amusements. Their activities have put SIN in the headlines and they find themselves powerless to take...