out? Could a person who had
taken religious vows imposing seclusion from the world, be released by
means of this writ? Show the necessity of power to suspend the writ in
cases of rebellion or invasion.

Could the thing forbidden in a _bill_ of attainder be done by a court?
Give an example of an _ex post facto_ law.

What is meant by "entering" and "clearing" a port?

How could the president get hold of any United States money other than
that received in payment of his salary?

Could you receive a present from a foreign government? Name any American
who has received a title or a present from a foreign government. Must a
titled foreigner renounce his title on becoming an American citizen?

What are "greenbacks?" Did you ever see a state "greenback?" When do you
expect to see one?

What is a contract? Could a legislature pass a law doing away with
imprisonment for debt? What argument did Daniel Webster make in the famous
Dartmouth College Case?

Name the various state inspectors in this state. How are they paid? May a
state impose taxes to defray its own expenses? What prohibitions apply to
both the general and the state governments. Arrange all the prohibitions
in tabular form, classifying as indicated by Judge Story in the paragraph
quoted.

CHAPTER XXIII.

ARTICLE II.--THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH.

It seems to us a matter of course that after the laws are made there
should be some person or persons whose duty it should be to carry them
into execution. But it will be remembered that under the confederation
there was no executive department. The colonists had suffered from kingly
rule, and in forming their first government after independence, they
naturally avoided anything having the appearance of kingliness. After
trying their experiment for some years, however, their "sober second
sense" told them that the executive branch is a necessity, and when the
convention assembled to "revise the articles of confederation" (as they at
first intended to do) one of the things upon which there was practical
unanimity of opinion was the necessity of having the government organized
into three branches, or, as they are sometimes called, departments.

The question in regard to the executive branch was how to organize it, so
as to secure two chief qualities; namely, energy of execution and safety
to the people. The former was fully appreciated, for the weakness of
execution during the confederation period, or the lack of e