Semblances of Sovereignty: The Constitution, the State, and American CitizenshipHarvard University Press, 1 Jul 2009 - 320 halaman In a set of cases decided at the end of the nineteenth century, the Supreme Court declared that Congress had "plenary power" to regulate immigration, Indian tribes, and newly acquired territories. Not coincidentally, the groups subject to Congress' plenary power were primarily nonwhite and generally perceived as "uncivilized." The Court left Congress free to craft policies of assimilation, exclusion, paternalism, and domination. |
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... Constitution. Nor is a general power to regulate the internal affairs of Indian tribes. Students are taught about a structure of dual sovereignty, with no mention of the sovereignty of Indian tribes or the status of Puerto Rico, Guam, vii.
... Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Dis- trict of Columbia. The progressive recognition of individual rights is usually featured as a central part of the constitutional story told about the twentieth century. Yet these areas of federal regulation ...
... Puerto Rico and the Constitution: Conundrums and Prospects,” 11 Const. Comm. 15 (1994). Chapter 7 borrows from “Citi- zens, Aliens, Membership, and the Constitution,” 7 Const. Comm. 9 (1990), and Cornelia T. L. Pillard and T. Alexander ...
... Puerto Rico 74 5 The Erosion of American Indian Sovereignty 95 6 Indian Tribal Sovereignty beyond Plenary Power 122 7 Plenary Power, Immigration Regulation, and Decentered Citizenship 151 8 Reconceptualizing Sovereignty: Toward a New ...
... (Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands), the District of Columbia. It also avoids deep and important questions about the scope and power of the American state—such as the source of the immigration power, voting rights for residents of ...
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From the Warren Court to the Rehnquist Court | 39 |
The Case of Puerto Rico | 74 |
5 The Erosion of American Indian Sovereignty | 95 |
6 Indian Tribal Sovereignty beyond Plenary Power | 122 |
7 Plenary Power Immigration Regulation and Decentered Citizenship | 151 |
Toward a New American Narrative | 182 |
Notes | 199 |
Index | 303 |