Commencement of Terms of Office of the President and Members of Congress: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, Second Session, on S.J. Res. 71 ... April 24, 1984U.S. Government Printing Office, 1985 - 231 halaman |
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