Who's the ultimate decision-maker?"As the ultimate decision-maker for this country, I expect information that comes to my desk to be real and valid.... I can't make good decisions unless I get valid information." --President George W. Bush Nationally televised press conference, April 13, 2004 "All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested vested adj. referring to having an absolute right or title, when previously the holder of the right or title only had an expectation. Examples: after 20 years of employment Larry Loyal's pension rights are now vested. (See: vest, vested remainder) in a Congress of the United States Congress of the United States, the legislative branch of the federal government, instituted (1789) by Article 1 of the Constitution of the United States, which prescribes its membership and defines its powers. which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives." --U.S. Constitution Article I, Section 1 "The American people An American people may be:
--President George W. Bush Nationally televised press conference, April 13, 2004 "The Congress shall have power ... to declare war...." --U.S. Constitution Article I, Section 8 "Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object. This, our [1787] Convention [that drafted the Constitution] understood to be the most oppressive of all Kingly oppressions; and they resolved to so frame the Constitution that no one man should hold the power of bringing this oppression The offense, committed by a public official, of wrongfully inflicting injury, such as bodily harm or imprisonment, upon another individual under color of office. Oppression, which is a misdemeanor, is committed through any act of cruelty, severity, unlawful exaction, or upon us." --Abraham Lincoln Letter to William Herndon William Herndon may refer to:
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