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The vanishing rights of the states : a discussion of the right of the Senate to nullify the action of a sovereign state in the selection of its representatives in the Senate by James M. Beck
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Tcb .77 B3933
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beck, James M. (James Montgomery), 1861-1936.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Congress. Senate--Elections.
- United States.
- States' rights (American politics).
- Constitutional law--United States.
- Constitutional law.
- Physical Description:
- 126 p. ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : George H. Doran Co., [c1926]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The erosion of the Constitution
- The right of expulsion and the case of John Wilkes
- The proceedings in the Constitutional convention
- The provisions of the Constitution
- The prima facie validity of certificates of election
- The federal regulation of primary elections
- Appendices : A. The parliamentary precedents in England and the colonies. B. Grenville's speech for John Wilkes. C. The result of the November elections.
- Local Notes:
- Bookplate: Charles J. Cohen.
- Frederic R. Kirkland collection.
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