| Illinois State Bar Association - 1896 - 762 páginas
...prohibited but consist with the letter and spirit of the Constitution, are constitutional." Again; "The Constitution confers absolutely on the government...acquiring territory, either by conquest or by treaty." There were many men who doubted the possibility of the continued existence of a government established... | |
| United States - 1945 - 712 páginas
...aff. 323 US ZU, Deo. IB, 19U-) Power to acquire territory. - "The constitution /of the United State a/ confers absolutely on the government of the Union,...acquiring territory, either by conquest or by treaty. The usage of the world is, if a nation be not entirely subdued, to consider the holding of conquered... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1883 - 1168 páginas
...Marshall, in the Am. In*. Co. v. Canter (1 Peters, 542), treats it as clear. "The Constitution. "says he, "confers absolutely on the government of the Union...power of acquiring territory either by conquest or treaty." The messages of the President to Congress during the war, and the instructions from the heads... | |
| United States. Department of Justice. Land and Natural Resources Division - 1969 - 224 páginas
...1268; and Downes v. Bidwell. 182 US 244, 253 (1901). 15_/ Sere v. Pitot. 6 Cranch 334, 336 (1810). - 13 The constitution confers absolutely on the government...of making treaties; consequently, that government posses the power of acquiring territory, either by conquest or by treaty. * * * In the mean time, Florida... | |
| Edward S. Corwin, Harold William Chase, Craig R. Ducat - 1978 - 694 páginas
...confined to "enumerated powers" (see p. 148 and p. 204). Indeed, in 1828 Marshall himself held that "the Constitution confers absolutely on the government...treaties; consequently, that government possesses 1 B. Altman & Co. v. US, 224 US 583 (1912); United States v. Belmont, 301 US 324 (1937); United States... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries - 1992 - 428 páginas
...note 2. 12136 US 1, 42 (1890) ; see also American Ins. Co. v. Canter., 26 US (1 Pet.) 511, 542 (1828) ("The Constitution confers absolutely on the government...acquiring territory, either by conquest or by treaty") . sovereignty: "As our representative in foreign affairs, the President is best situated to announce... | |
| California. Supreme Court - 1906 - 834 páginas
...Supreme Court of the United States, in The American Insurance Company v. Cornier, I Peters, 511: " The Constitution confers absolutely on the Government...acquiring territory either by conquest or by treaty." The power to acquire foreign territory by Opinion of the Court — Wallace, C J. treaty involves both... | |
| David P. Currie - 1992 - 518 páginas
...for a constitutional amendment before buying Louisiana (see 2 H. ADAMS, supra note 201, at 74-93): "The constitution confers absolutely on the government...acquiring territory, either by conquest or by treaty. " 26 US (1 Pet.) at 542. Because no litigant had challenged the power to acquire Florida, there was... | |
| Jean Edward Smith - 1998 - 788 páginas
...the Court in 1828, his decision was unequivocal.54 Speaking for his colleagues, Marshall said that "the Constitution confers absolutely on the government...acquiring territory, either by conquest or by treaty." Since the Constitution said nothing explicitly about the authority to acquire territory, Marshall held... | |
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