Congressional Serial Set, Issue 4171U.S. Government Printing Office, 1901 Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. |
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... direct application of its provisions . Congress , however , has taken no action to organize a territorial government in Porto Rico ; nor has it passed any rules or regulations whatever for its government . It has not undertaken by ...
... direct application of its provisions . Congress , however , has taken no action to organize a territorial government in Porto Rico ; nor has it passed any rules or regulations whatever for its government . It has not undertaken by ...
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... direct taxes , is obviously coextensive with the power to lay and collect duties , imposts and excises , and since the latter extends throughout the United States , it follows that the power to impose direct taxes also extends ...
... direct taxes , is obviously coextensive with the power to lay and collect duties , imposts and excises , and since the latter extends throughout the United States , it follows that the power to impose direct taxes also extends ...
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... - eral spirit of the Constitution , from which Congress derives all its powers , than by any express and direct application of provisions . " The treaty cannot be considered unconstitutional , therefore , on 32 THE INSULAR CASES .
... - eral spirit of the Constitution , from which Congress derives all its powers , than by any express and direct application of provisions . " The treaty cannot be considered unconstitutional , therefore , on 32 THE INSULAR CASES .
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... direct and conclusive answers . As to Utah : We will not pause to consider whether the effect of Art . IX of the treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo ( Tr . & Conv . , 686 ) was to make the provisions of the Constitution , or any of them , a ...
... direct and conclusive answers . As to Utah : We will not pause to consider whether the effect of Art . IX of the treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo ( Tr . & Conv . , 686 ) was to make the provisions of the Constitution , or any of them , a ...
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... direct application of its provisions . " It is undoubtedly true that the Constitution does not expressly and directly declare its prohibitions to apply to the power to govern the territory of the United States . More than this we do not ...
... direct application of its provisions . " It is undoubtedly true that the Constitution does not expressly and directly declare its prohibitions to apply to the power to govern the territory of the United States . More than this we do not ...
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Page 268 - Our constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the land. It is, consequently, to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature, whenever it operates of itself without the aid of any legislative provision. But when the terms of the stipulation import a contract, when either of the parties engages to perform a particular act, the treaty addresses itself to the political, not the judicial department; and the legislature must execute the contract before it can become...
Page 367 - This provision is made in a constitution intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently, to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs.
Page 608 - If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation, for though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
Page 318 - And the said records and judicial proceedings authenticated as aforesaid, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court within the United States, as they have by law or usage in the courts of the state from whence the said records are or shall be taken.
Page 72 - The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times, and under all circumstances.
Page 479 - The inhabitants of the territories which His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States, by this treaty, shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, as soon as may be consistent with the principles of the Federal Constitution, and admitted to the enjoyment of all the privileges, rights, and immunities of the citizens of the United States.
Page 230 - ... treaty, a declaration of their decision to preserve such allegiance; in default of which declaration they shall be held to have renounced it and to have adopted the nationality of the territory in which they may reside. The civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the territories hereby ceded to the United States shall be determined by Congress.
Page 599 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Page 394 - ... held that the relations of the inhabitants with each other undergo any change. Their relations with their former sovereign are dissolved, and new relations are created between them and the government which has acquired their territory. The same act which transfers their country transfers the allegiance of those who remain in it; and the law which may be denominated political is necessarily changed, although that which regulates the intercourse and general conduct of individuals remains in force,...
Page 532 - The government of the Union, then, (whatever may be the influence of this fact on the case,) is, emphatically and truly, a government of the people. In form and in substance it emanates from them. Its powers are granted by them, and are to be exercised directly on them, and for their benefit.