Government by All the People; Or: The Initiative, the Referendum, and the Recall as Instruments of DemocracyMacmillan, 1912 - 324 pages |
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... True Conservatism 290 XXXIX . Majority Rule in Great Cities XL . The Initiative , the Referendum , and the Recall in Relation to the Federal Government Appendix Index · • 299 · 305 Km 313 · 321 PART I INTRODUCTORY GOVERNMENT BY ALL THE ...
... True Conservatism 290 XXXIX . Majority Rule in Great Cities XL . The Initiative , the Referendum , and the Recall in Relation to the Federal Government Appendix Index · • 299 · 305 Km 313 · 321 PART I INTRODUCTORY GOVERNMENT BY ALL THE ...
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... True , in many assemblies a motion is not considered unless it is seconded ; and usually it requires a certain small minority of the members to call for a record vote upon any motion that is either adopted or defeated . Inasmuch as such ...
... True , in many assemblies a motion is not considered unless it is seconded ; and usually it requires a certain small minority of the members to call for a record vote upon any motion that is either adopted or defeated . Inasmuch as such ...
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... true that the theory of the Initiative removes all absolute checks upon the action of the people . By means of it they can abolish constitutions and charters or expand them into comprehensive codes of laws and ordinances , if they wish ...
... true that the theory of the Initiative removes all absolute checks upon the action of the people . By means of it they can abolish constitutions and charters or expand them into comprehensive codes of laws and ordinances , if they wish ...
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... true that under our present system the legislature one of whose acts is voided by judicial decree may repass the measure in another form or submit to the people a constitutional amendment to subvert the foundation of the court's ...
... true that under our present system the legislature one of whose acts is voided by judicial decree may repass the measure in another form or submit to the people a constitutional amendment to subvert the foundation of the court's ...
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... true that sometimes a constitutional compact is loaded with solemn vows that there shall be no change or that no change shall be made unless it is agreed to by more than a majority of the units of sovereignty . But such vows can only be ...
... true that sometimes a constitutional compact is loaded with solemn vows that there shall be no change or that no change shall be made unless it is agreed to by more than a majority of the units of sovereignty . But such vows can only be ...
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Page 221 - Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!
Page 318 - ... and that each signature to the paper appended is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be. Within ten days from the date of filing such petition the city clerk shall examine and from the voters...
Page 54 - That principle is that the sole end for which mankind are warranted individually or collectively in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number is self-protection ; that the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community against his will is to prevent harm to others.
Page 317 - Any initiative or referendum petition may be presented in sections, but each section shall contain a. full and correct copy of the title, and text of the proposed measure.
Page 52 - people" who exercise the power are not always the same people with those over whom it is exercised; and the "self-government" spoken of is not the government of each by himself, but of each by all the rest. The will of the people, moreover, practically means the will of the most numerous or the most active part of the people; the majority, or those who succeed in making themselves accepted as the majority; the people...
Page 316 - ... be submitted to the electors of the state for their approval or rejection, the secretary of state shall submit to the electors of the state for their approval or rejection such...
Page 70 - If I were asked where I place the American aristocracy, I should reply without hesitation that it is not composed of the rich, who are united by no common tie, but that it occupies the judicial bench and the bar.
Page 315 - ... to the people for approval or rejection at the next ensuing general election. The legislature may reject any measure so proposed by initiative petition and propose a different...
Page 136 - ... no measure creating or abolishing any office or changing the salary, term or duties of any officer, or granting any franchise or special privilege, or creating any vested right or interest, shall be construed to be an urgency measure.
Page 51 - The notion that the people have no need to limit their power over themselves, might seem axiomatic when popular government was a thing only dreamed about, or read of as having existed at some distant period of the past.