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.

Cannon, a powerful, conservative man, brought welcome support to the Smith-Colmer forces: as chairman of the Appropriations Committee, he holds over each member the dreadful threat of excluding this or that congressional district from federal pork-barrel projects.

On November 15, 2007, attention was brought once again to Barry Bonds as he was indicted by a federal grand jury for perjury and obstruction of justice in connection to his testimony before the grand jury regarding the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative ( BALCO ), a San Francisco Bay area lab known to be involved in the distribution of steroids to professional athletes.

Class actions may be brought in federal court if the claim arises under federal law, or if the claim falls under 28 USCA § 1332 ( d ).

Large class actions brought in federal court frequently are consolidated for pre-trial purposes through the device of multidistrict litigation ( MDL ).

Amendments can be brought forward under section 46 ( 1 ) by any province or either level of the federal government.

The National Defense Authorization Act for 2012 would have authorized indefinite detention of suspected terrorists, but enforcement of the relevant section was blocked by a federal court on May 16, 2012, ruling on a suit brought by a number of private citizens, including Chris Hedges, Daniel Ellsberg, Noam Chomsky, and Birgitta Jonsdottir.

In 1947 President Harry S. Truman brought him back to help make the federal bureaucracy more efficient through the Hoover Commission.

* Cannon brought a federal Veterans Administration Hospital to Danville ; it continues to serve military veterans.

As well as risking a loss of support in marginal seats in eastern Melbourne, this decision brought about a strong response from the Howard Federal government, which cut off federal funding for the project on the grounds that the Bracks government had reneged on the terms of the federal-state funding agreement.

The U. S. Department of Justice brought federal charges against McVeigh for causing the deaths of eight federal officers leading to a possible death penalty for McVeigh ; it could not bring charges against McVeigh for the remaining 160 murders in federal court because those deaths fell under the jurisdiction of the state of Oklahoma.

One of them brought suit in federal court, arguing that Rhode Island's government was not " republican " in character, and that his arrest ( along with all of the government's other acts ) were invalid.

In 2003, a seldom-used federal law was brought up that says that " willfully and knowingly to enter or remain in any posted, cordoned off, or otherwise restricted area of a building or grounds where the President or other person protected by the Secret Service is or will be temporarily visiting " is a crime.

The Re-Examination Clause applies not only to federal courts, but also to " a case tried before a jury in a state court and brought to the Supreme Court on appeal.

In Chisholm, the Court ruled that federal courts had the authority to hear cases in law and equity brought by private citizens against states and that states did not enjoy sovereign immunity from suits made by citizens of other states in federal court.

The Bureau of Investigation ( BOI ), a precursor of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, was brought into the investigation to help identify the criminals, although the men had not violated any federal law.

The massacre also brought the belated attention of the federal government to bear on Capone and his criminal activities.

The idea of using it for the World's Fair came later and brought in federal money for the United States Science Pavilion ( now Pacific Science Center ) and state money for the Washington State Coliseum ( later Seattle Center Coliseum, rebuilt 1993 as KeyArena ).

Under the Clayton Act, only civil suits could be brought to the court's attention and a provision " permits a suit in the federal courts for three times the actual damages caused by anything forbidden in the antitrust laws ", including court costs and attorney's fees.

" All disputes which are capable of being brought in courts, arising under either state or federal law may be brought in one of the state courts, except in a few narrow case where federal law specifically limits jurisdiction exclusively to the federal courts.