Word: powers
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...increased power of the Speaker has been a necessary development. A. The cause of the inefficiency of Congress is its inaction (North Am. Rev., 151, p. 396). B. This inaction is caused by 1. Enormous increase in legislation (Hart: Practical Essays, p. 5.) 2. Obstinate opposition of minority (Follett: The Speaker of House, p. 180; Bryce: Amer. Common., I, p. 134). C. The increased power of the Speaker tends to counteract these two causes of inaction. 1. It facilitates sifting legislation in committee (Follett, ch. viii; Bryce: Amer. Common., I, pp. 165-173). (a) The Speaker's power of appointment...
...constitutional. (a) The const. the source of speaker's authority; (Follett, 122). (B) The speaker known to framers of Const. as a "party leader;" (Follett 26). (C) No clause in const. denying to speaker his present power; but on contrary. (D) Const. confers on the House power to make rules facilitating legislation; (Const. I s. 5, S 3)-(114 U. S. Reps. 9), (Follett 213). (E) The pressure of business has forced House to confer present power on speaker. (Hart's Essays, p. 10), (Hart Intro. to Follett, p. XIV, XV, XVI); (Follett...
...American constitution is a direct protest against one man power. Constitution Art. I, II, III. B The power of appointing all (sixty) committees is contrary to this spirit (1) Lodges in one man power to shape every bill presented. (Nelson, Atlantic Mon., LXIV, 69,) (2). Such power with an unprincipled speaker would work inconceivable ruin. (Nelson, Atlantic Mon., LXIV, 7). (3) Such power even with a good speaker is bad; (a) Likely to cause irremedial mistakes. (b) The committees are so numerous that many must be composed of men of small calibre. C It is arbitrary powers deprive members...
...proposition once admitted, in however small particular, means, if carried to its logical conclusion, the extinction of state sovereignty and the annihilation of individual liberty.- A. It imperils the principle of self-government.- (1) It takes the power of consent from the States, thus denying their sovereignty.- B. It is a direct step towards centralization.- (1) Begins to deal-with the people as individuals, not as States.- (2) Tends to increase the reliance of the individual on the government.- (a) Nurtures the idea that it is a government function to foster business and supply prosperity. (3) Though...
...P.187). 1. Whiskey Rebellion. (Lalor's Cyclopedia. 1108). 2. Nullification episode. (Lalor, 1050). 3. Civil War. 4. Chicago Strike. E. Right of interference concurred in by Senate and House Resolutions, July 12 and 16, 1894. (Nation. Sept 17, '96). F. Right embodied in law. 1. President given power to call out troops to protect property and preserve order. (Revised Statutes, Sect...