Constitutional US Law

Category: Federal Property

  • Federal Property

    Clause 17. District of Columbia; Federal PropertyCongress shall have power * * * To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of Government of th…

  • Federal Jurisdiction

    Duration of Federal Jurisdiction (Authority over Places Purchased)A state may qualify its cession of territory by a condition that jurisdiction shall be retained by the United States only so long as the place is used for specified purposes.1 Such a p…

  • Seat of the Government

    Seat of the Federal GovernmentThe Convention was moved to provide for the creation of a site in which to locate the Capital of the Nation, completely removed from the control of any state, because of the humiliation suffered by the Continental Congress on June 21, <a name=t18 href=#f18 target="…

  • State Jurisdiction

    Reservation of Jurisdiction by States (Authority over Places Purchased)For more than a century the Supreme Court kept alive, by repeated dicta,1 the doubt expressed by Justice Story "whether Congress are by the terms of the Constitution, at libe…