The Constitution of Empire: Territorial Expansion and American Legal HistoryYale University Press, 01 հոկ, 2008 թ. - 288 էջ The Constitution of Empire offers a constitutional and historical survey of American territorial expansion from the founding era to the present day. The authors describe the Constitution’s design for territorial acquisition and governance and examine the ways in which practice over the past two hundred years has diverged from that original vision. |
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... Senators pres- ent concur , " we are drawn once again to Thomas Jefferson . Jefferson pro- pounded a theory of the ... Senate to carry into effect national powers in the international arena but does not give the national government ...
... Senator John Taylor , who suggested that “ [ n ] either the means nor the right of acquiring territory are forbidden to the United States . ” 17 Presented this baldly , the argument fundamentally misunderstands the Con- stitution and ...
... Senate , to make Treaties , provided two thirds of the Senators present concur . " 47 Louisiana was acquired from France by a treaty executed by the President and confirmed by two - thirds of the Senate . There is nothing in the text of ...
... Senate can cede some or all of a state's territory to a foreign power.48 Early- twentieth - century thinkers , echoing previous debates , wondered whether the treaty power could be used to create regulatory laws that are beyond the enu ...
... Senator John Bricker half a century ago to amend the Constitution , most dramatically by a provision that would have stipulated ( either as clarifi- cation or alteration of the Treaty Clause ) that " [ a ] treaty shall become effective ...