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CHAPTER XV.

INTERSTATE RELATIONS: COMPACTS BETWEEN THE STATES AND BETWEEN
THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATES.

SECTION 112. Compacts between the States ...

113. Compacts between the States and the United States..

114. Equality of the States.....

115. Contracts in re proprietary interests..

116. Suits between States..

CHAPTER XVI.

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THE PERSONS SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

SECTION 117. Territorial sovereignty

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126. Protection of the persons and property of aliens..

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SECTION 133. Naturalization by statute

134. Naturalization by annexation of territory and by treaty..

CHAPTER XIX.

EXPATRIATION.

SECTION 135. Denial of right of expatriation...

136. Right recognized by United States.

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THE POWER OF THE UNITED STATES TO ACQUIRE TERRITORY.

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Fiction 146. The right to annex based on the right to admit new States.

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147. Annexation of Louisiana: Views of Jefferson..
148. Territories as embryo States..

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149. Judicial Dicta: Taney's views.

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150. Conclusions . . .

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151. The right to annex based on the treaty and war-making

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152, Power of the United States to alienate territory....

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CHAPTER XXIII.

THE MODES IN WHICH AND THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH TERRITORY MAY

BE ACQUIRED BY THE UNITED STATES.

SECTION 153. Constitutional modes of acquiring territory....

154. Annexation by joint resolution......

155. Consent of inhabitants of annexed territory not required.

CHAPTER XXIV.

THE CONSTITUTIONAL SOURCES OF POWER OF CONGRESS TO GOVERN THE

TERRITORIES.

SECTION 156, Power to govern territories not questioned..

157. Doctrines of the Dred Scott Case.

CHAPTER XXV.

THE EXTENT OF THE POWER OF CONGRESS TO GOVERN THE TERRITORIES.

SECTION 158. Power to govern absolute.....

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SECTION 162. The government of the District of Columbia.

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163. Places purchased

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191. The manner of exercise of the treaty-making power.

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192. The negotiation of treaties...

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treaty-making powers

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193. Powers of the Senate.....

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194. The recognition" of foreign governments..

195. The power of the Senate to amend treaties.

196. Foreign States held to a knowledge of the location of

197. Plenary powers of ratification..

CHAPTER XXXIII.

INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS WHICH DO NOT REQUIRE THE APPROVAL

OF THE SENATE.

SECTION 198. International agreements not requiring approval by Senate. 199. International powers of the President as Chief Executive: International correspondence

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202. International agreements entered into by the President
under his military powers...

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203. International agreements entered into, or action taken
by the President, by virtue of authority granted him by
congressional statute

204. International agreements entered into, or action taken, by
the President by virtue of authority granted him by
congressional statute

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207. Congress may by statute abrogate treaties..
208. Whether the treaty-making power may modify or repeal

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CONSTITUTIONAL EXTENT OF THE TREATY-MAKING POWER.

SECTION 210. Treaty-making power granted without express limitations. 211. Implied limitations

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212. The treaty-making power and the reserved rights of the

States.

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SECTION 213. Judicial dicta that reserved rights of the States may not

be infringed

214. Instances in which treaties have been upheld though in-
fringing the reserved rights of the States...

215. The true doctrine ....

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216. Constitutional limits to the treaty-making power.
217. Legislative powers ancillary to treaty-making powers....
218. The treaty-making power may not "incorporate" foreign
territory into the United States.

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219. The treaty-making power may alienate territory of the
United States or of a State or of States..
220. The violation of treaties..

221. Treaties remain internationally binding upon the United
States even when Congress has refused the legislation
necessary to put them into full force and effect, or
when it has abrogated them by subsequent legislation,
or when the Supreme Court has declared them uncon-
stitutional. . .

222. The date at which treaties go into effect...

223. The denunciation of treaties.

224. The construction of treaties.

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CHAPTER XXXVI.

THE AMENDMENT OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION.

SECTION 225. The amending clause

226. Presidential approval not required. .

227. Scope of the amending clause...

CHAPTER XXXVII.

CONGRESS: ITS ORGANIZATION: PRIVILEGES OF MEMBERS.

SECTION 228. The name

229. Qualifications for senators and representatives.
230. Qualifications determined by Congress..

231. Disqualification of congressmen to hold federal offices....
232. Ineligibility of congressmen to offices, the emoluments of

which have been increased. . . . .

233. Privileges of members of Congress.

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

SECTION 234. Members of the House of Representatives: their appor

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237. Members of the House of Representatives: by whom

elected . .

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