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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... Duties , Imposts and Excises , to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States ; but all Duties , Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States . " 23 Representative ...
... duties may be levied only to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare , and they must be uniform throughout the United States . Structurally , reading the clause as a grant of power largely unravels the ...
... duties ” may be levied for the " general Welfare , " the clause affirms the congressional power to use excises and duties for regulatory as well as revenue - raising purposes.28 All things considered , there is little to be said for any ...
... duties and excises as a regulatory tool , which was a practice familiar to and approved by the founding generation . Without the " general welfare " language , duties and excises could be used only to raise revenues , not to regulate or ...
... duties . But if Congress later changes that law , the French government would have no legal recourse . The French government could change its own domestic law , make diplomatic hay , begin a trade war , or even begin a shooting war ...