The Louisiana Purchase and American Expansion, 1803–1898Sanford Levinson, Bartholomew Sparrow Rowman & Littlefield, 14 Jun 2023 - 272 halaman The 1803 purchase of the Louisiana Territory was a watershed event for the fledgling United States. Adding some 829,000 square miles of territory, the Louisiana Purchase set a striking precedent of Presidential power and brought to the surface profound legal and constitutional questions. As the nation continued to expand westward and into the Pacific and Caribbean, critical social, political and constitutional questions arose that greatly tested American resolve and reshaped the nation's founding premises. In this exciting collection, Sanford Levinson and Bartholomew Sparrow bring together noted scholars in American history, constitutional law, and political science to examine role that the Louisiana Purchase played in shaping both the expansionist policies of the nineteenth century and critical interpretations of the Constitution. The Louisiana Purchase and American Expansion, 1803–1898 provides a fascinating overview of how the U.S. Constitution and the American political system is inextricably tied to |
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... Treaty Clause in such a sweeping fashion was the same kind of bad faith for someone who believed in the limited powers articulated in the Constitution , and not in an elastic , politically pragmatic interpretation such as that offered ...
... Treaty Clause in such a sweeping fashion was the same kind of bad faith for someone who believed in the limited powers articulated in the Constitution , and not in an elastic , politically pragmatic interpretation such as that offered ...
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... Clause . This presumably also meant that the Treaty Clause was unavailing to turn " foreign territory " into " domestic territory " -and , more important , to transform the entire coun- try by any such addition — simply by the Senate's ...
... Clause . This presumably also meant that the Treaty Clause was unavailing to turn " foreign territory " into " domestic territory " -and , more important , to transform the entire coun- try by any such addition — simply by the Senate's ...
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... treaty - a treaty with the Lone Star Republic failed to receive even a majority in the Senate in 1844 — nor conquest ... provision that each state has two senators ( Article 1 , Section 3 ) —a clause that many observers believe has had ...
... treaty - a treaty with the Lone Star Republic failed to receive even a majority in the Senate in 1844 — nor conquest ... provision that each state has two senators ( Article 1 , Section 3 ) —a clause that many observers believe has had ...
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... treaty with the British concerning Washington and Oregon and , perhaps more significantly , as part of the aftermath ... Clause . Given that the Territories Clause alsoe known as the " Property Clause " --- for a very differ- ent legal ...
... treaty with the British concerning Washington and Oregon and , perhaps more significantly , as part of the aftermath ... Clause . Given that the Territories Clause alsoe known as the " Property Clause " --- for a very differ- ent legal ...
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... treaty - making authorities , 5 had the constitutional power to make any of the declarations or promises in Article ... Clause . If , for instance , one thinks that the federal treaty power has few or no dis- cernible limits , it is ...
... treaty - making authorities , 5 had the constitutional power to make any of the declarations or promises in Article ... Clause . If , for instance , one thinks that the federal treaty power has few or no dis- cernible limits , it is ...
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