That is particularly true of sovereignty when it is applied to democratic societies, in which `` popular '' sovereignty is said to exist, and in federal nations, in which the jobs of government are split.

This right of the State, its upholders contended, was essential to maintain the federal balance and protect the liberty of the people from the danger of centralizing power in the Union government.

`` We the people of the Confederate States, each state acting in its sovereign and independent character, in order to form a permanent federal government, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity -- invoking the favor and the guidance of Almighty God -- do ordain and establish this Constitution for the Confederate States of America ''.

The first of which to find important place in our federal government was the graduated income tax under Wilson.

Rhode Island's rate of $.07 per mile is considerably lower than reimburseable rates in the federal government and in industry nationally which approximate a $.09 per mile average.

The new editions of topographic maps being made by the federal government are excellent for orienting yourself to the natural features of the site.

All the additives listed here are sanctioned for use by the Food and Drug Administration of the federal government.

A flood of federal lower court injunctions seriously impeded the processes of local government.

This Commission recommended against the use of federal government funds for the assistance of private universities and against a broad program of government-supported scholarships.

Which recommended a federal government scholarship program.

Noting that President Kennedy has handed the Defense Department the major responsibility for the nation's civil defense program, Mr. Hawksley said the federal government would pay half the salary of a full-time local director.

One advantage that would come to the city in having a full-time director, he said, is that East Providence would become eligible to apply to the federal government for financial aid in purchasing equipment needed for a sound civil defense program.

Other steps would be developed after information drifts down to the local level from the federal government.

As the war drew to a close, Lincoln's presidential Reconstruction for the South was in flux ; having believed the federal government had limited responsibility to the millions of freedmen.

* Anti-Deficiency Act, U. S. law that prohibits the federal government from incurring debts not authorized by Congress

Eleven southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America (" the Confederacy "); the other 25 states supported the federal government (" the Union ").

Victory for the North meant the end of the Confederacy and of slavery in the United States, and strengthened the role of the federal government.

Transfers from the U. S. federal government add substantially to American Samoa's economic well-being.

It became effective as a federal government standard on May 26, 2002 after approval by the Secretary of Commerce.

The NAE felt that the regulation of the internal employment of churches was "... an improper intrusion the federal government ".

The channel of the river has been considerably improved by the federal government.

* 2003 – The Tli Cho land claims agreement is signed between the Dogrib First Nations and the Canadian federal government in Rae-Edzo ( now called Behchoko ).

Elected president in 1828, Jackson supported a small and limited federal government.

In one of his first speeches on the floor, he commented that neither the federal nor the state government had authority to abolish slavery, asserting this was a form of property guaranteed by the Constitution.

But Johnson, with the support of other officials including Seward, insisted that the states, not the federal government, had the right to address the issue of suffrage.

* October 12 – The United States Army Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz is acquired by the United States Department of Justice, which plans to incorporate the island into its Federal Bureau of Prisons as a federal penitentiary.

The federal government quickly acquired the land under its eminent domain authority and relocated some 1, 500 residents of Hanford, White Bluffs, and nearby settlements, as well as the Wanapum and other tribes using the area.

In May 2010, the Gadsden Police Department acquired two Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ( UAV's ) under the auspices of a $ 150, 000 federal grant.

In 1994, the city bought the Schaumburg Regional Airport from its formerly-private owners and refurbished it with 90 % of the funds for the purchase and refurbishment acquired by federal grant, 5 % from the State of Illinois, 2. 5 % Cook County and the Village putting up the remaining 2. 5 % with the village gaining 100 % control of the property.

Since much of the area farmland was acquired by the federal government, businesses within Copperas Cove now largely provide services for Fort Hood soldiers and their families.

Decades later, the federal government acquired the building from the family to convert it into the museum that is here today.

The U. S. federal government agreed to pay the states of Maine and Massachusetts $ 150, 000 each for the loss of the lands of their states while the United States reimbursed them for newly acquired territory in the Northwest Territories and for expenses incurred during the time Maine's armed civil posse administered the truce period.

The federal government acquired corporations are a separate set of corporations that were not chartered or created by the federal government, but the federal government has come into possession of and operates.

Although the treaty promised that the landowners in this newly acquired territory would enjoy full enjoyment and protection of their property as if they were citizens of the United States, many former citizens of Mexico lost their land in lawsuits before state and federal courts or as a result of legislation passed after the treaty.

The federal government first acquired western territory from other nations or native tribes by treaty, then it sent surveyors to map and document the land.

In 1923, when Love's three-year lease expired, the Mascot land was compulsorily acquired by the federal government from the racing club.

In 1985, when federal regulations had been relaxed, Tri-Star Pictures ( then a joint venture co-owned by Coca-Cola, also owners of Columbia Pictures at the time, CBS, and Time Inc .) acquired the Loews theater chain from Loews Corporation, the successor company to the original firm founded by Marcus Loew.

Properties in the swamp had been acquired by a small group of residents of the area, who donated the assembled properties to the federal government as a park for perpetual protection.

The ruling prohibited tribes that achieved federal recognition after the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act to have newly acquired lands taken into trust and removed from state control.

In 2009, the United States Supreme Court ruled against the Narragansett request, concluding that tribes that achieved federal recognition after the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act could not have the Department of Interior take their lands acquired after federal recognition into trust and remove them from state control.

In 1894, Daniels acquired a controlling interest in the Raleigh News & Observer, which led him to leave his federal office.

Soon after the war started and long before negotiation of the new US-Mexico border, the question of slavery in the territories to be acquired polarized the Northern and Southern United States in the bitterest sectional conflict up to this time, which lasted for a deadlock of four years during which the Second Party System broke up, Mormon pioneers settled Utah, the California Gold Rush settled California, and New Mexico under a federal military U. S government turned back Texas's attempt to assert control over territory Texas claimed as far west as the Rio Grande.

The Australian Government first rented the Duntroon homestead for two years ( November 1910 – July 1912 ) and finally acquired the freehold to the estate and 370 acres ( 1. 5 km² ) of land after the creation of the federal capital.

After decades of delays and indecision, the federal government still owns the land it had acquired to build the airport.

In 1825 the federal government acquired the westerly tip to build a lighthouse and David Sammis bought about to the east in 1855 and built the Surf Hotel.

The Pilot Mountain Preservation and Park Committee purchased the land from Mrs. J. W. Beasley by raising funds and acquired a grant from the federal government.