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  The Constitution and Federal Jurisdiction in American Education
Congress may only promote these objects "by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoverys." Thus both the object and the means are clearly enumerated and explicitly limited.
If Congress exercised any other power inconsistent with these objects in respect to education, it would be pernicious both to the states and the people, and contrary to the Constitution as a legal compact and the Supreme Law of the Land.
The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times, and under all circumstances.
www.lonang.com /foundation/5/f5E1a.htm   (3470 words)

  
  Olmstead v. United States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
United States, was an information filed by the District Attorney in the federal court in a cause of seizure and forfeiture against 35 cases of plate glass, which charged that the owner and importer, with intent to defraud the revenue, made an entry of the imported merchandise by means of a fraudulent or false invoice.
United States, held that the testimony of two officers of the law who trespassed on the defendant's land, concealed themselves 100 yards away from his house, and saw him come out and hand a bottle of whisky to another, was not inadmissible.
United States (C. The common-law rule is that the admissibility of evidence is not affected by the illegality of the means by which it was obtained.
faculty.uml.edu /sgallagher/olmstead.htm   (8815 words)

  
 69th United States Congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Sixty-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the United States national legislature, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Thirteenth Census of the United States in 1920.
Both Houses of Congress agreed to adjourn on July 3 1926, with the Senate scheduled to reconvene on November 10 1926 as a Court of Impeachment.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/69th_United_States_Congress   (477 words)

  
 The Constitution of the United States of America
Congress could, for example, negotiate treaties with foreign powers, but all treaties had to be ratified by the several States.
It was recommended that in the upper house each State should have an equal vote, that in the lower branch each State should have one representative for every 40,000 inhabitants, counting three-fifths of the slaves, that money bills should originate in the lower house (not subject to amendment by the upper chamber).
Owing to various delays, Congress was late in assembling, and it was not until April 30, 1789, that George Washington was inaugurated as the first President of the United States.
www.gpoaccess.gov /constitution/html/prelim5.html   (2347 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Irish (In Countries Other Than Ireland)
In 1855 the first state emigration depot was opened in Castle Garden at the lower end of Manhattan Island, and since then millions of immigrants have streamed through this gateway, under the inspection and protection of the officials, on their way to the various places throughout the land where they were to make their homes.
In 1874 the Congress of the United States assumed control of the question of immigration, and the admission and supervision of arriving immigrants are now in charge of a Commissioner of General Immigration appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Of the fourteen provinces now (1906) constituting the territorial divisions of the Church in the continental united States, nine are governed by archbishop of Irish blood, and forty-eight of the bishops of the seventy-eight dioceses comprised in these provinces are of the Irish race.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/08132b.htm   (16211 words)

  
 U.S. Treasury - Important Events in Treasury History in February   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Secretary of the Treasury, spanning the greatest prosperity and the worst depression in United States history.
Comptroller of the Currency was required to report on the condition of State banks.
United States Customs Service was charged with enforcing the Export Control Act of 1949.
www.ustreas.gov /education/history/events/02-feb.shtml   (1164 words)

  
 United States Army information - Search.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Army of the United States was re-established for the Korean War and Vietnam War and was demobilized upon the suspension of the draft.
Upon joining the Army, all soldiers (officers and enlisted) must swear (or affirm) an oath to "protect the Constitution of the United States from all enemies, both foreign and domestic." This emphasis on the defense of the United States Constitution illustrates the concern of the framers that the military be subordinate to legitimate civilian authority.
The senior uniformed officer of the United States Army is the Chief of Staff of the Army (CSA).
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 Fundamental Documents: Northwest Ordinance
Be it ordained by the United States in Congress assembled, That the said Territory, for the purpose of temporary government, be one district, subject, however, to be divided into two districts, as future circumstances may, in the opinion of Congress, make it expedient.
There shall be appointed from time to time, by Congress, a secretary, whose commission shall continue in force for four years, unless sooner revoked; he shall reside in the district, and have a freehold estate therein, in five hundred acres of land, while in the exercise of his office.
The middle State shall be bounded by the said direct line, the Wabash from Post Vincents to the Ohio, by the Ohio, by a direct line drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami to the said territorial line, and by the said territorial line.
press-pubs.uchicago.edu /founders/documents/v1ch1s8.html   (1044 words)

  
 FindLaw Constitutional Law Center: U.S. Constitution: Article IV: Annotations pg. 16 of 18
Admission of a State on an equal footing with the original States involves the adoption as citizens of the United States of those whom Congress makes members of the political community and who are recognized as such in the formation of the new State.
279 After a case, begun in a United States court of a territory, is transferred to a state court under the operation of the enabling act and the state constitution, the appellate procedure is governed by the state statutes and procedures.
Hagan,282 as was observed above, the Court held that the original States had reserved to themselves the ownership of the shores of navigable waters and the soils under them, and that under the principle of equality the title to the soils of navigable water passes to a new State upon admission.
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 Center for Legislative Archives - Guide to House Records: Chapter 13: Territories
Congress received petitions from around the country offering to organize militias and urging the United States to stand her ground against the British at the 54'40" latitude (28A-G23.2, 29A-G21.3).
Typical is a standard petition from citizens of 13 Northern and Midwestern States stating: "The undersigned protest against any repeal of the prohibition of Slavery, or the addition of Slave territory to the Union, immediate or prospective, such as proposed by the Nebraska Bill of Senator Douglass" (33A-G24.2).
The papers of the 44th Congress include a remonstrance from the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, and Seminole delegations in 1876 against the organization of the Indian Territory as a United States Territory (44A-F36.6).
www.archives.gov /legislative/guide/house/chapter-13-territories.html   (2155 words)

  
 The Great Lakes Basin Compact   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
To make it possible for the states of the Basin and their people to derive the maximum benefit from utilization of public works, in the form of navigational aids or otherwise, which may exist or which may be constructed from time to time.
The commissioners of any two or more party states may meet separately to consider problems of particular interest to their states but no action taken at any such meeting shall be deemed an action of the Commission unless and until the Commission shall specifically approve the same.
At the request of the United States, or in the event that a Province shall be a party state, at the request of the Government of Canada, assist in the negotiation and formulation of any treaty or other mutual agreement between the United States and Canada with reference to the Basin or any portion thereof.
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 04/30/97 Committee on the Judiciary - Zukowski Statement
The flag of the United States of America is symbolic of this great experiment we call democracy.
It is for this reason that I join thousands of freedom-loving Americans in urging you as members of the 105th Congress to pass legislation to protect this living symbol of democracy from heinous acts of physical desecration.
I believe it is both wise and necessary for the United States Congress to pass a flag protection amendment during the 105th Session of Congress.
judiciary.house.gov /legacy/22270.htm   (870 words)

  
 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
However, it also stated that the Plaintiffs’ discontinued use of the area near the crucifix was sufficient to establish what the court called “use and enjoyment standing”.
The court stated that, if the Plaintiffs were unwilling to go to Cameron Park because of the presence of the Ten Commandments monument, they would have adequately alleged a distinct and palpable injury because their right to use a public park would have been adversely affected by the presence of a possibly unconstitutional display.
The fact that “this is a Christian nation” is further shown by Article VII of the United States Constitution, which declares that instrument to have been framed “by the unanimous consent of the States present, in the year of our Lord, 1787, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the twelfth”.
www.firstprinciplespress.org /pages/USDC.htm   (5805 words)

  
 U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > People > Party Leadership > Majority and Minority Leaders and Party Whips
Elected at the beginning of each Congress by members of their respective party conferences to represent them on the Senate floor, the majority and minority leaders serve as spokesmen for their parties' positions on the issues.
The posts of majority and minority leader are not included in the Constitution, as are the president of the Senate (the vice president of the United States) and the president pro tempore.
During the 66th Congress, Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA) was the party conference chairman and served as an unofficial party leader.
www.senate.gov /artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Majority_Minority_Leaders.htm   (1964 words)

  
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In 1912 he was elected as a Republican to the 63rd United States Congress as the Representative from the 5th District of Massachusetts, and began service in Washington, D.C. on March 13, 1913.
She ran in a special election as the Republican candidate for Representative to the 69th United States Congress from the 5th District of Massachusetts, and beat the former Governor of Massachusetts with a landslide 72 percent of the vote.
After her election to the 69th Congress, Rogers was reelected to the 70th, 71st, 72nd, 73rd, 74th, 75th, 76th, 77th, 78th, 79th, 80th, 81st, 82nd, 83rd, 84th, 85th, and 86th Congresses.
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The state plans must be consistent with the federal statute, Title 20 United States Code Section 1400 et.seq.
This Act gives states the option to provide medical assistance through Medicaid to eligible women who were screened for and found to have breast or cervical cancer, including precancerous conditions, through the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP).
The action of the Secretary in including or failing to include any State workmen's compensation law on such list shall be subject to judicial review exclusively in the United States court of appeals for the circuit in which the State is located or the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
www.lycos.com /info/public-law--states.html?page=2   (422 words)

  
 The Supreme Court Historical Society
In his 1850 report on the extension of the Capitol, the architect Robert Mills stated that the members of the Court had suffered much from the inconvenience of the Courtroom, and from its cold, damp location which had proved injurious to health.
It was in these restored chambers that the Court remained until 1860, the year it moved to the Chambers and offices formerly occupied by the Senate, the facilities that were antithetical to the standards of efficient administration of justice which Taft brought with him to the Chief Justiceship in 1921.
The specifications for the building stated that marble used in the building, with the exception of the Courtroom, was to be quarried from domestic sources--quarries in Alabama, Vermont and Georgia.
www.supremecourthistory.org /04_library/subs_volumes/04_c01_e.html   (3782 words)

  
 Retiree Activities Corner
I was talking to a WW II veteran and mentioned that Congress wanted his story and he should get it down before all the WW II veterans are gone.
He stated it was too painful to go over his wartime experience where he lost so many of his buddies.
A retiree suggested that there should be a way for retirees to obtain their base auto decals by mail similar to the way you can obtain new license decals from the state.
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 Doorkeepers of the House - Office of the Clerk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
A House of Representatives officer from 1789 to 1995, the Doorkeeper was elected by a resolution at the opening of each Congress.
A total of 34 individuals served in the Doorkeeper position until it was terminated in the 104th Congress (1995-1997) and many of its duties were transferred to the Sergeant at Arms, the Clerk of the House, and the newly created Chief Administrative Officer.
Hurt is listed in the House Journal as residing in the state of Mississippi in the 50th Congress and in the state of Tennessee in the 53rd Congress.
clerk.house.gov /histHigh/Congressional_History/doorkeepers.html   (397 words)

  
 This Week in the History of the Irish -- The Wild Geese Today
Arrested with most of the other leaders of the United Irishmen on March 12, 1798, MacNeven was imprisoned at Fort George in Scotland.
Emigrating to the United States, MacNeven settled in New York City, where he had a distinguished career in medicine, worked among the growing Irish community there and also published several books.
Using funds raised by John Devoy and Clan na Gael in the United States, and allied with Charles Stewart Parnell, Davitt formed the Land League in 1879.
www.thewildgeese.com /pages/dates.html   (1366 words)

  
 Vindicating the Founders: Document Library: Northwest Ordinance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The governor and judges, or a majority of them, shall adopt and publish in the district such laws of the original States, criminal and civil, as may be necessary, and best suited to the circumstances of the district….
And all bills, having passed by a majority in the house, and by a majority in the council, shall be referred to the governor for his assent; but no bill, or legislative act whatever, shall be of any force without his assent….
The said territory, and the States which may be formed therein, shall forever remain a part of this confederacy of the United States of America….
www.vindicatingthefounders.com /library/index.asp?document=6   (762 words)

  
 Registration Packet Information about the United States Naval Academy
At the Naval Academy Professor Charles Mylander is the deputy chair-logistics for the 69th Symposium.
At the end of the seventeenth century the capital of the colony was moved to Annapolis with the meeting of the colonial legislature in 1695.
The State House is three blocks from the Academy and its dome is the white one behind the Chapel’s dome.
www.mors.org /publications/phalanx/mar01/morss.htm   (1970 words)

  
 BGSU Documents, Congress
Bills which are passed by both Houses of Congress and signed by the President become law.
P.L. At the close of a congress, the public laws are reissued as bound Statutes at Large.
The United States Code is the codification of the general and permanent laws of the United States.
www.bgsu.edu /colleges/library/services/govdocs/congress.html   (2378 words)

  
 Association of the United States Army: Schultz to be Recognized   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Guard units were also prepared to deploy in support of the military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.
He was an infantry officer with the Iowa Army National Guard, 69th Infantry Brigade, Fort Carson, Colo., until March 1969 when he went to Vietnam as a rifle platoon leader with the 22nd Infantry, 25th Infantry Division.
He will be presented with the McLain Medal during the opening ceremony of the Association of the United States Army’s Annual Meeting and Exposition, Monday, Oct. 25 in Washington.
www.ausa.org /WEBINT/DeptAUSANews.nsf/byid/CCRN-6CGMQU   (493 words)

  
 Inventory of the Holloway and Sorrell Family Papers, 1777-1998
Some letters discuss activities of family members scattered around the United States, but most are chiefly concerned with family history.
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
The earliest Sorrell family member documented in the United States appears to have been Edward Sorrell, who was born in Virginia around 1740, although it may be that the Sorrells have lived in the United States since before 1700.
www.lib.unc.edu /mss/inv/htm/04652.html   (1317 words)

  
 BRYAN, William Jennings (1860-1925) Bibliography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
William Jennings Bryan to the Forty-ninth General assembly of the state of Missouri.
William Jennings Bryan before the democratic state convention at Grand Island, Nebraska, July 26, 1910, in support of the Minority report presented by him, as a member of the Resolutions committee.
William Jennings Bryan in response to the committee appointed to notify him of his nomination to the Presidency of the United States, delivered at Indianapolis, August 8th, 1900.
bioguide.congress.gov /scripts/bibdisplay.pl?index=B000995   (1883 words)

  
 United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990: Reformatted Data   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Roll call voting records for the United States House of Representatives and Senate through the 100th Congress are presented in this data collection.
The units of analysis are the individual members of the House of Representatives and Senate.
In addition, data for the House's 100th Congress (Part 199) and the entirety of the Senate votes from the 1st-100th Congresses (Parts 2-200, even) have been added, making the collection complete through 1990.
webapp.icpsr.umich.edu /cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/09822.xml   (519 words)

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