 | Michael Kent Curtis - 2000 - 544 lapas
...post offices and post roads. It provided for the supremacy of federal law. Finally, it gave Congress the power "to exercise exclusive Legislation in all cases whatsoever" over the seat of government and at places "purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State" for federal forts, arsenals,... | |
 | B. Jill Carroll - 2001 - 602 lapas
...US Constitution. According to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17, the "District Clause," Congress has the power to "exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever" over the seat of government, the District of Columbia. Analyses from various legal scholars conclude that the Framers of the US... | |
 | Cato Institute, Edward H. Crane, David Boaz - 2003 - 718 lapas
...residents' right to bear arms. Article I, section 8, clause 17, of the Constitution gives Congress the power "to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever" over the District of Columbia. Congress can and should use that authority to repeal the District's gun ban and... | |
 | Steven Deyle - 2005 - 411 lapas
...District of Columbia. They pointed to Article i, section 8, 195 of the Constitution, which grants Congress the power to "exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever" over the District of Columbia. While most Americans generally agreed that Congress had jurisdiction over DC,... | |
 | Chester W. Hartman - 2006 - 460 lapas
...US Constitution. According to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17, the "District Clause," Congress has the power to "exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever" over the seat of government, the District of Columbia. Analyses from various legal scholars conclude that the Framers of the US... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 2007 - 334 lapas
...According to Article I. section 8, clause 17 of the US Constitution, Congress is expressly granted the power to "exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever" over the district that would become the seat of government JS2J When the District of Columbia was ultimately... | |
 | William Letwin - 438 lapas
...consideration induce you to assume the exercise of powers not granted to you by the people. But if the power to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over the District of Columbia; if the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the... | |
 | United States - 1930 - 1554 lapas
...commission should have made. This is legislative, as distinguished from Judicial, power. And under the power *' to exercise exclusive legislation In all cases whatsoever " over the District of Columbia, Congress may vest this Jurisdiction In the courts of the District. But such power... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 1971 - 356 lapas
...to provide a proper seat for the Federal Government. The Constitution (art. I, sec. 8) gave Congress the power to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over the District. Congressional representation was not provided and was not seriously considered until recent... | |
 | Hans Zeiger - 2005 - 212 lapas
...11, 2001. Under jurisdiction of Article I: Section 8 of the US Constitution — "Congress shall have the power to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over the District [capitol]" — Indiana Republican Congressman John Hostettler proposed an amendment to reverse... | |
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But if the power to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over the District of Columbia... 
