author - "Henry M. Robert"
s can bemade, what is their order of precedence, which can be debated, what istheir effect, etc., the common law of the land is settled by thepractice of the U. S. House of Representatives, and not by that of theEnglish Parliament, the U. S. Senate, or any other body.While in extreme cases there is no difficulty in deciding the questionas to whether the practice of Congress determines the commonparliamentary law, yet between these extremes there must necessarily bea large number of doubtful
s can bemade, what is their order of precedence, which can be debated, what istheir effect, etc., the common law of the land is settled by thepractice of the U. S. House of Representatives, and not by that of theEnglish Parliament, the U. S. Senate, or any other body.While in extreme cases there is no difficulty in deciding the questionas to whether the practice of Congress determines the commonparliamentary law, yet between these extremes there must necessarily bea large number of doubtful