 The Government of the United States was created by the ratification of the Constitution. It derives its authority wholly from the powers granted to it by the Constitution, which is the only source of power authorizing action by any branch of Government.  Labor Relations: Feb. 4-7 - Page 549by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare - 1949Full view - About this book
 | United States. Bureau of Insular Affairs - 1907 - 422 pages
...138.) No. 583. October Term, 1903. Argued April 22. 1904. Decided May 31, 1904. SYLLABUS. While it is settled that the Constitution of the United States...authorizing action by any branch of the Federal Government, it is equally well settled that the United States may acquire territory in the exercise of the treaty... | |
 | Elbert William Robinson Ewing - Slavery - 1908 - 240 pages
...the accused and denied by the courts established in the islands," the court in its decision said : "It may be regarded as settled that the Constitution...authorizing action by any branch of the Federal Government. 'The government of the United States was born of the Constitution, and all powers which it enjoys or... | |
 | Philippines. Legislature. Philippine Commission - Philippines - 1908 - 575 pages
...procedure in the Philippine Islands, and in deciding this question the Supreme Court held: "While it is settled that the Constitution of the United States...authorizing action by any branch of the Federal Government, it is equally well settled that the United States may acquire territory in the exercise of the treaty-making... | |
 | Charles Austin Beard - United States - 1914 - 694 pages
...of Congress in the government of territories, Mr. Justice Day made the following observations: — It may be regarded as settled that the Constitution of the United Tl>e States is the only source of power authorizing action by any branch a°¿ of the federal government.... | |
 | Charles Austin Beard - United States - 1909 - 664 pages
...the following observations: — It may be regarded as settled that the Constitution of the United The States is the only source of power authorizing action by any branch and of the federal government. "The government of the United States territories. was born of the Constitution,... | |
 | David Kemper Watson - Constitutional history - 1910 - 1140 pages
...referring to the cases of DeLima v. Bid well and Downes v. Bidwell, Mr. Justice Day said (p. 140) : "It may be regarded as settled that the Constitution...authorizing action by any branch of the federal government. . . . It is equally well settled that the United States may acquire territory in the exercise of the... | |
 | United States - Constitutional amendments - 1924 - 936 pages
...Source of Substantive Power No power to enact any statute is derived from the preamble. The Constitution is the only source of power authorizing action by any branch of the Federal Government. Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 US 22. Dorr v. US, 195 US 140. Massachusetts v. Mellon, 262 US 447.... | |
 | United States - Law - 1928 - 750 pages
...358, 49 L. Ed. 643, 3 Ann. Cas. 765. IS. A government of enumerated and delegrated power». — The Constitution of the United States is the only source...authorizing action by any branch of the federal government. Dorr v. US (Phil. Islands, 1904) 195 US 140, 24 S. Ct. 808, 49 L. Ed. 128, 1 Ann. Cas. 697. The government... | |
 | Julius Irizarry Puente - International law - 1928 - 332 pages
...incident, the power of acquiring territory, either by conquest or by treaty.59 While it is conclusively settled that the Constitution of the United States is the only source of power which expressly or impliedly authorizes action by any department of the Federal Government, it is equally... | |
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