The National Day of Prayer

1972 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 258-280
Author(s):  
Frederic Fox
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
House Of Representatives ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Law ◽  
The People

“Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President shall set aside and proclaim a suitable day each year, other than a Sunday, as a National Day of Prayer, on which the people of the United States may turn to God in prayer and meditation at churches, in groups, and as individuals.”—Public Law 324, approved April 17, 1952 by President Harry S. Truman

Text of Resolution Which Entered the United States into World War

1917 ◽  
Vol 85 (17) ◽  
pp. 455-456
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
House Of Representatives ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
The United States ◽  
World War ◽  
German Government ◽  
The People ◽  
Successful Termination ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government

The following is the text of the resolutions which officially entered the United States into the world war:— “Whereas the imperial German government has committed repeated acts of war against the government and the people of the United States of America; therefore be it “Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled, that the state of war between the United States and the imperial German government, which has thus been thrust upon the United States, is hereby formally declared; and that the President be and he is hereby authorized and directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of the United States and the resources of the government to carry on war against the imperial German government; and to bring the conflict to a successful termination all of the resources of the country are hereby pledged by the Congress of the United States.”

The Fiction of “We the People”: Is the Constitution Binding on Us?

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randy E. Barnett
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
The United States ◽  
Popular Sovereignty ◽  
The People ◽  
We The People ◽  
Constitutional Legitimacy

This chapter explains why the consent of the governed cannot justify a duty to obey the laws. The Constitution begins with the statement, “We the People of the United States...do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” The founders declared that “We the People” had exercised their rights and manifested their consent to be ruled by the institutions “constituted” by this document. To understand what constitutional legitimacy requires, the chapter first considers what it means to assert that a constitution is “binding” before making the case that “We the People” is a fiction. More specifically, it challenges the idea, sometimes referred to as “popular sovereignty,” that the Constitution was or is legitimate because it was established by “We the People” or the “consent of the governed.” It argues that the fiction of “We the People” can prove dangerous in practice and can nurture unwarranted criticisms of the Constitution's legitimacy.

The Care of the Defective in America

1913 ◽  
Vol 59 (244) ◽  
pp. 53-66
Author(s):  
Winifred Muirhead
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
The United States ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social

In the United States of America each state has self-government and different laws, and the latter differ to an even greater extent than is the case between the laws of Scotland and England; consequently some states have progressed infinitely further than others in the laws and the application of these laws for the social welfare of the people.

Copyright Revision in the United States of America

1977 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-130
Author(s):  
Julius J. Marke
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Law ◽  
United States Code

Title 17 of the United States Code (Copyright Act of 1909) was amended in its entirety by Public Law 94–553 (90 Stat. 2541), on October 19, 1976. The new Statute specifies that, with particular exceptions, its provisions are to enter into force on January 1, 1978. Until then, the Copyright Act of 1909, as amended, remains in force. As a result, any cause of action in copyright arising before December 31, 1977 will be governed by the 1909 law. There is a three-year statute of limitations in which such an action may be brought. Hence, the 1909 law can be applicable in these cases until 1981.

The Special Diplomatic Mission of the United States to the Provisional Government of Russia

1917 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 757-762
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
The United States ◽  
The People ◽  
The Government ◽  
Free People

The mission for which I have the honor to speak is charged by the Government and the people of the United States of America with a message to the Government and the people of Russia.The mission comes from a democratic republic. Its members are commissioned and instructed by a President who holds his high office as Chief Executive of more than one hundred million free people, by virtue of a popular election in which more than eighteen million votes were freely cast and fairly counted, pursuant to law, by universal, equal, direct and secret suffrage.

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