Constitution, Federal, sources of, 1, 31, 98; enforced by the courts, 25, 42 sqq., 70 sqq., 87 sqq., 109 sqq.; supremacy of, 71 sqq., 87, 111, 113; considered and ratified, 74, 88, 89; easily amended, 82-85, 89, 91-92, 175, 176, 208; necessity for deliberation in amending, 84-85, 176-177; rule for construing, 97-98; oath to support, 171-172; attempts to circumvent, 175; embodies eternal truths, 203. _See_ Constitutional limitations.
Constitutional government, depends upon constitutional morality, 26; its debt to the Pilgrims, 29, 32, 35; characterized by equality before the law, 35.
Constitutional limitations, idea in Magna Carta, 6-7; recognized in statute of 42 Edward III., 7, 8; common to every American constitution, 8, 73; not imposed upon parliament, 9-11, 76-77, 107; their enforcement left to the courts, 25, 45, 47, 70 sqq., 87, 109, 113, 127; growing impatience with, 42, 43, 48, 124, 202; could be nullified if judges followed the prevailing morality, 45, 46; enforcement by the courts necessary, 70 sqq.; binding upon Congress, 74-75, 171-172; Elihu Root on, 75; make possible constitutional morality, 86; to be observed by the President, 171-172. _See_ Constitutions, Due process of law, Constitutional morality, Judiciary, and Fundamental laws.
Constitutional morality, a condition of permanent free government, 26, 42; discussed generally, 42-86; growing tendency to disregard, 42; its disregard caused the overthrow of Grecian democracy, 42; its essence is self-imposed restraint, 42; its necessity should be taught, 48, 85-86.
Conventions, Constitutional, their duty to secure the privileges of Magna Carta, 2; the first American, 29-30, 37; Ohio convention of 1912, 61, 64; the federal convention of 1787, 89, 256; in New York, 154, 186, 235, 257.
Conventions, Nominating, discussed generally, 219-246; right to, should be guaranteed by the Constitution, 220, 225; their origin, 229; abuses of, 229, 237; movement to abolish, 230, 239-240; their merits and advantages, 236-237, 242-246.
Cotting _vs._ Kansas City Stock Yards Co., 123.
Criminal Procedure, delays in, 126, 143-146.
Crown, power limited by Magna Carta, 11, 12, 24-25; former exercise of legislative power, 17; maxim that "the king can do no wrong," 98, 102, 105, 108, 114; sued under the Petition of Right, 99-102; not suable in tort, 102.