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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... grants to Congress power " [ t ] o exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever " over the nation's capital ... grant him that power ? Does it matter whether the nation is at war or peace ? These are all very basic questions ...
... grant of power to the federal government to enter into treaties that enact rules that Congress might not otherwise have been able to enact . ” 9 This view has prevailed as a matter of constitutional law at least since 1920 , when the ...
... grants Congress power separately to regulate commerce " with foreign Nations , and among the several States , and with the Indian Tribes . ” 20 That status , and its implications for territorial acquisition and governance , is outside ...
... grant of power in the document . On this understanding , it is en- tirely possible for all other governments in the world to possess certain powers and prerogatives that are not possessed by the United States . As Representa- tive ...
... grant them to the federal government . That is precisely the point driven home by the Tenth Amendment's declaration that " [ t ] he powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution , nor prohibited by it to the States , are ...