| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs - 1960 - 140 páginas
...not, by becoming a State, acquiring the means of self-government, may result necessarily from the fact that it is not within the jurisdiction of any particular...inevitable Consequence of the right to acquire territory." He went on to say, however, that "whichever may be the source whence the power is derived, the possession... | |
| United States-Puerto Rico Commission on the Status of Puerto Rico - 1966 - 590 páginas
...Canter"* he said that this power "might result necessarily from the fact that it -(a territory) was not within the jurisdiction of any particular State,...the power and jurisdiction of the United States." These sources were pointed out by Marshall as alternatives to the specific grant of the territorial... | |
| United States. Department of Justice. Land and Natural Resources Division - 1969 - 224 páginas
...not, by becoming a state, acquired the means of self-government, may result necessarily from the fact, that it is not within the jurisdiction of any particular...is derived, the possession of it is unquestioned. The most comprehensive judicial discussion of the authority of Congress over territories may be found... | |
| 1897 - 478 páginas
...(1 Beter's Reports, page 546), speaking of the right of congress to legislate for a territory said: "The right to govern may be the inevitable consequence of the right to acquire territory." It would seem from this that the court conceded to the federal government the same right claimed by... | |
| M. Annette Jaimes - 1992 - 482 páginas
...may result necessarily from the fact that it is not within the jurisdiction of any particular State. The right to govern may be the inevitable consequence...whence the power is derived, the possession of it is unquestioned."41 Miller, like many of his successors, was irretrievably lost in the complexities of... | |
| John R. Wunder - 1996 - 392 páginas
...right to govern may he the inevitahle consequence of the right to acquire Territory. Whichever may he the source whence the power is derived, the possession of it is unquestioned."*' Miller, like many of his successors, was irretrievahly lost in the complexities of American history.... | |
| José López Baralt - 1999 - 400 páginas
...by becoming a state, acquired the means of self-government, may result, necessarily, from the fact that it is not within the jurisdiction of any particular...to acquire territory. Whichever may be the source from which the power it derived, the possession of it is unquestionable.10 Taney laid emphasis on the... | |
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