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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... carry into effect national powers in the international arena but does not give the national government jurisdiction ... carrying into effect other national powers , such as the power to admit new states or to provide and maintain a navy ...
... carry through their part of the bargain , 10 and the king of Spain did not for- mally order the transfer of Louisiana to France until October 15 , 1802. Even then , Spain conditioned the transfer on a promise from France not to alienate ...
... carry- ing into Execution " other enumerated federal powers . Congress can therefore spend only if the appropriation is tied to the execution of one of the federal government's granted powers . The Sweeping Clause does not provide a ...
... carrying into execution an independent power of acquisition . The Sweeping Clause helps to effectuate any power of acquisition contained in the Constitution , but it does not itself provide a power of acquisition . Admittedly , there ...
... carry into execution ; the Sweeping Clause itself cannot be the source of such power . The most obvious candidate for such a power is the Treaty Clause , which is where this discussion began and to where it will now return ...