...District of Columbia. The Constitution (art. 1, sec. 8, clause 17) provides that Congress shall have the power "to exercise exclusive legislation in all...as may * * * become the Seat of the Government of the United States * * *." This is clear language, and it was put into the Constitution for a purpose....

...District of Columbia. The Constitution (art. 1, sec. 8, clause 17) provides that Congress shall have the power "to exercise exclusive legislation in all...as may * * * become the Seat of the Government of the United States * * *." This is clear language, and it was put into the Constitution for a purpose....

...District of Columbia. The Constitution (Art. 1, Sec. 8, clause 17) provides that Congress shall have the power "To exercise exclusive Legislation in all...as may . . . become the Seat of the government of the United States. . . ." This is clear language, and it was put into the Constitution for a purpose....

...Constitution, and that article I. section 8, mandates the Congress to "exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such District * * * as may * * * become the seat of the Government of the United States." Further, the last clause of article I, section 8, authorizes Congress "to make...

...Constitution which provides "The Congress shall have Power * * * to exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District * * * as may * * * become the Seat of the Government of the United States * * *". 3. Further limitations on the power of the Council are set forth in the Act:...

...without constitutional amendment. We do see article I, section 8, clause 17, as according Congress the power to exercise exclusive legislation in all...District as may become the seat of the Government of the United States as an obstacle to the unilateral decision by Congress to convert the District into...

...without constitutional amendment. We do see article I, section 8, clause 17, as according Congress the power to exercise exclusive legislation in all...District as may become the seat of the Government of the United States as an obstacle to the unilateral decision by Congress to convert the District into...

...17, of the Constitution provides that Congress shall have power "[t]o exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District ... as may . . . become the Seat of Government of the United States. . . ." 25 The District of Columbia police system, for example, was...

...Constitution, by which Congress is vested with the apecine power "to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over such district as may become the seat of government of the United States." It is among the most interesting clauses in the Constitution for...

...and requires extraordinary Congressional responsibility for the District when it grants to Congress the "power ... to exercise exclusive legislation in...... as may ... become the seat of the Government of the United States...." (Article 1, Section 8). When Congress granted limited self-government to Washington,...