Reports on the Law of Civil Government in Territory Subject to Military Occupation by the Military Forces of the United States: Submitted to Hon. Elihu Root ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1903 - 808 páginas |
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Página 15
... conferred the power to do such an act is a question we are not called upon to consider . It is an unbending rule of law , that the exer- cise of military power where the rights of the citizens are concerned shall never be pushed beyond ...
... conferred the power to do such an act is a question we are not called upon to consider . It is an unbending rule of law , that the exer- cise of military power where the rights of the citizens are concerned shall never be pushed beyond ...
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... conferred by the law of self - preservation . It would seem , therefore , that the paramount purpose of a military government , after the war ceased , should be to create conditions which would enable the civil branch to assume the ...
... conferred by the law of self - preservation . It would seem , therefore , that the paramount purpose of a military government , after the war ceased , should be to create conditions which would enable the civil branch to assume the ...
Página 26
... conferred , abuses to be corrected , wrongs to be righted , and many public undertakings to be entered upon ; but such is also the existing condition in the United States and all other countries . These await the orderly progress of the ...
... conferred , abuses to be corrected , wrongs to be righted , and many public undertakings to be entered upon ; but such is also the existing condition in the United States and all other countries . These await the orderly progress of the ...
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... conferred upon the officers in command of the several military districts created by the reconstruction acts , by ... confer a like authority , in territory affected by military operations , upon the military commanders . IV . SHOULD ...
... conferred upon the officers in command of the several military districts created by the reconstruction acts , by ... confer a like authority , in territory affected by military operations , upon the military commanders . IV . SHOULD ...
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... conferred upon the President by the declaration of war . His duty and his power are purely military . As commander in chief he is authorized to direct the movements of the naval and military forces placed by law at his command , and to ...
... conferred upon the President by the declaration of war . His duty and his power are purely military . As commander in chief he is authorized to direct the movements of the naval and military forces placed by law at his command , and to ...
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Página 369 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination, when that is accomplished, to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Página 73 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people.
Página 484 - ... 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 the Congress.
Página 671 - If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten or intimidate any citizen in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Página 369 - Second. That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the Government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the Island of Cuba and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Página 159 - 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.
Página 118 - Spanish subjects, natives of the Peninsula, residing in the territory over which Spain by the present treaty relinquishes or cedes her sovereignty, may remain in such territory or may remove therefrom, retaining in either event all their rights of property, including the right to sell or dispose of such property or of its proceeds; and they shall also have the right to carry on their industry, commerce and professions, being subject in respect thereof to such laws as are applicable to other foreigners.
Página 76 - It is hereby ordained and declared, by the authority aforesaid, that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact, between the original States and the people and States in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent...
Página 95 - They are legislative courts, created in virtue of the general right of sovereignty which exists in the Government, or in virtue of that clause which enables Congress to make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory belonging to the United States.
Página 369 - Whereas the abhorrent conditions which have existed for more than three years in the island of Cuba, so near our own borders, have shocked the moral sense of the people of the United States...