To: nolu chan
The Constitutional question is whether any such power was delegated to the Congress. All powers not delegated were reserved to the States or to the people. It was, in Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2.
59 posted on
10/26/2004 11:16:08 AM PDT by
Non-Sequitur
(Jefferson Davis - the first 'selected, not elected' president.)
To: Non-Sequitur; nolu chan
It was, in Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2. Gives Congress power to make rules and regs for the Territories. It doesn't give Congress power to ban the First Amendment by statute, or to suspend the Tenth Amendment.
Just because Congress is the original legislator for a Territory, doesn't mean the provisions of the Constitution no longer run.
To: Non-Sequitur
No it wasn't. The content you attribute exists only in your imagination.
103 posted on
10/27/2004 2:56:04 AM PDT by
nolu chan
(What's the frequency?)
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