A veto is the "power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature" (Dictionary). ... Slaves were considered property not people, because they were not considered people they should not have and did not have the right to vote. ... If present at the time of the constitutional convention I would have voted the slaves not be counted at all because at the time they were considered property and not people and would not help my state...

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Maryland passed a legislature that taxed the bank, however, James McCulloch refused to pay the tax given to the bank. ... Although America was no longer under the control of the British, the contract is still valid because it is said in the Constitution that the state cannot pass laws to impair a contract. ... John Marshall's decisions with the Supreme Court established a body of property rights that provided a constitutional foundation for the economic growth of the United States. ...

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Congress passed war powers bills but they died with the session when the differences between them could not be reconciled. Each passed with majorities big enough to override a veto. The Javits-Stennis-Eagleton bill passed the Senate by a vote of 68 to 16. The Zablocki bill passed the House 344 to 13. ... One was to respond to any act or situation that endangered the United States or its citizens, (but not their property) abroad when the necessity to respond did not allow time for advance congressional authorization. ...

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In the national government that the Articles of Confederation maps out, there was no executive branch to help enforce any of the acts passed by Congress. ... With only one house of Congress, each state was only allowed one vote, to add amendments to the Articles of Confederation required a unanimous vote among all the states and other laws required a 9/13 majority to pass. Especially with minds of different men from different areas of the nation, this made it difficult to pass new laws and amendments. Accounted from a letter from John Jay to George Washington, "will be led by the insecurity of...

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The due process clause maintains that no state can "deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law- and the equal protection of the clause states that no state can deny a person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the law. ... In 1965, Connecticut passed a law restricting married couples the use of contraceptives. ...

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The Secretary of Defense is saying, "to provide for the common defense" the federal government can conduct the experiment at Maxwell AFB, which is federal property. ... But did Congress pass any legislation that would grant the Defense Department to conduct such experiments? ...

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With the exception of revenue bills, which must originate in the House of Representatives, legislative bills may be introduced in and amended by either house; a bill "with its amendments "must pass both houses and be signed by the president before it becomes law. ... Special courts handle property and contract damage suits against the United States (United States Court of Federal Claims), review customs rulings (United States Court of International Trade), and apply the Uniform Code of Military Justice (United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces). ...

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