 | Donald P. Kommers, John E. Finn, Gary J. Jacobsohn - 2004 - 502 Seiten
...position championed by Lincoln in his First Inaugural Address (see appendix C) — while stating that "the Constitution in all its provisions, looks to...an indestructible Union, composed of indestructible States."12 The statement was ironic because Texa¿s effect was to uphold the power of the national... | |
 | International Association of Centers for Federal Studies, Forum of Federations - 2005 - 479 Seiten
...constituent units acting collectively. As the us Supreme Court ruled in 1869, four years after the Civil War, "The Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to...an indestructible Union, composed of indestructible States."28 The usual rule has been that a constituent political community's boundaries cannot be changed... | |
 | James Brian Staab - 2006 - 416 Seiten
...Government."5 This "dual sovereignty" was recognized by the Court over 120 years ago when it held that "[t]he Constitution, in all its provisions, looks...an indestructible Union, composed of indestructible States."6 Under the US federal system, O'Connor continued, the States "retain substantial sovereign... | |
 | Marcelo G. Kohen - 2006 - 560 Seiten
...Secession, State and Liberty (New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction PubL, 1998), pp. 155-90, at p. 159. [t]he [US] Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union, composed of indestructible States. When, therefore, Texas became one of the United States, she entered into an indissoluble relation.... | |
 | Michael C. Dorf - 2006 - 326 Seiten
...before it joined the Union in 1845 — had no right to secede. "The Constitution," the Court said, "in all its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union, composed of indestructible States."3 In this regard, Texas v. White is settled law. It stands for the proposition that the Constitution... | |
 | Viscount James Bryce - 2007 - 741 Seiten
...individual existence, or of the right of self-government by the States. ... It may be not uureasonably said that the preservation of the States and the maintenance...within the design and care of the Constitution as tie preservation of the Union and the Maintenance at the national government. The Constitution, in... | |
 | Laura Ingraham - 2008 - 376 Seiten
...around—is a longstanding part of the American experience. As the Supreme Court has long recognized: "[t]he Constitution, in all its provisions, looks...indestructible Union, composed of indestructible States." 1 Indeed, our Constitution was originally ratified by sovereign states, each of which surrendered only... | |
 | Timothy Rasinski, Lorraine Griffith - 2007 - 176 Seiten
...the Civil War (com.) Part 2 — Secession, Rebellion, War (cont.) Salmon P. Chase, Governor of Ohio "The Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to...indestructible Union composed of indestructible States." Confederate General John Bell Hood "We will fight you to the death. Better to die a thousand deaths... | |
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Not only, therefore, can there be no loss of separate and independent autonomy to the States, through their union under the Constitution, but it may be not unreasonably said that the preservation of the States, and the maintenance of their governments,... 
