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" When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person or body," says he, " there can be no liberty, because apprehensions may arise lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner. "
The Works of James Abram Garfield - Page 411
by James Abram Garfield - 1882
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Special Report of the Committee on the Judiciary, House Representatives ...

1984 - 1220 pages
...judicial departments should be separate and distinct. Ibid. Thus, Madison explained, quoting Montesquieu : "When the legislative and. executive powers are united in the same person or body," says he, "there ean be no liberty, because apprehensions may arise lest the same monarch or...
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The Regulatory Reform Act: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Administrative ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure - 1984 - 628 pages
...judiciary, in the same hands, * * " may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny. * * * when the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person or body, * * * there can be no liberty, because apprehension may arise lest the same monarch or senate...
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The Political Theory of The Federalist

David F. Epstein - 2008 - 245 pages
...powers most effectually to mankind's attention, and quotes part of Montesquieu's explanation. .[127]. "When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person or body," says he, "there can be no liberty, because apprehensions may arise [on peut craindre] lest the...
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Constitutionality of GAO's Bid Protest Function: Hearings Before a ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Legislation and National Security Subcommittee - 1985 - 902 pages
...distinct: The reasons on which Montesquieu grounds his maxim are a further demonstration of his meaning. "When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person or body," says he, "there can be no liberty, because apprehensions may arise lest the same monarch or...
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Constitutional Amendment to Restore Legislative Veto: Hearing ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution - 1985 - 264 pages
...of legislative and executive functions, Hamilton, in the Federalist, quoted Montesquieu as writing "When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person or body, there can be no liberty, because apprehension may arise lest the same monarch or Senate should...
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To Chain the Dog of War: The War Power of Congress in History and Law

Francis Dunham Wormuth, Edwin Brown Firmage - 1989 - 380 pages
...threefold analysis of powers. The political value of liberty requires that these three be separated. When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistracy, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or senate...
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Nomination of Robert H. Bork to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1989 - 1346 pages
...constitutions. Montesquieu (expanding upon John Locke) is drawn upon by Madison in The Federalist.*/ No. 47: "When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the sane body of magistrates, there can be no liberty...." "Again, there is no liberty, if the judiciary...
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War Powers: Origins, Purposes, and Applications : Hearings Before the ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security, and Science - 1989 - 380 pages
...Montesquieu, quoted by James Madison in the Federalist No. 47, that "there can be no liberty where the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or body of magistrates'..." The Federalist No. 47, p. 325 (J. Cooke ed. 1961). "Even a cursory examination...
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ..., Volume 478

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - 1989 - 1018 pages
...Court 478 US quoted by James Madison in The Federalist No. 47, that " 'there can be no liberty where the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or body of magistrates' . . . ." The Federalist No. 47. p. 325 (J. Cooke ed. 1961). Even a cursory examination...
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The Constitution in the Supreme Court: The Second Century, 1888-1986, Volume 2

David P. Currie - 1994 - 682 pages
...THE FEDERAL CONVENTION OF 1787, at 34-35 (rev. ed. 1937), had explicitly invoked at the Convention: "When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistracy, there can then be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or...
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