 | United States. Supreme Court - 1949 - 974 str.
...legislation on powers that had not been relied upon by the First Congress in passing the Act of 1789. The Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives recommended the Act of April 20, 1940, as "a rea582 Opinion of JACKSON, J. sonable exercise of the constitutional power of Congress, to legislate... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs - 2002 - 282 str.
...Clause. Tidewater later made express what Chief Justice Marshall had implied - that Congress does have the power under the District clause to give DC citizens...rights that citizens of States have under Article HI. Indeed, the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives recommended the Act of April 20,... | |
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... challenge or disagree with the decision of Chief Justice Marshall that the District of Columbia is not a state for such purposes. It was careful to avoid conflict with that decision by basing the new legislation on powers that had not been relied... 