Senate Debate on the Panama Canal Treaties: A Compendium of Major Statements, Documents, Record Votes, and Relevant Events |
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To do otherwise would mislead the Panamanians and pervert the Constitution . ... if necessary , I and other Senators will soon seek adoption of an amendment to preserve the constitutional role of the Congress , particularly the role of ...
To do otherwise would mislead the Panamanians and pervert the Constitution . ... if necessary , I and other Senators will soon seek adoption of an amendment to preserve the constitutional role of the Congress , particularly the role of ...
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Beveridge , in his authoritative biography of Marshall , sums up the argument : " Among the many objections to the treaty , the principal one . . . was that it violated the Constitution . The treaty regulated commerce ; the Constitution ...
Beveridge , in his authoritative biography of Marshall , sums up the argument : " Among the many objections to the treaty , the principal one . . . was that it violated the Constitution . The treaty regulated commerce ; the Constitution ...
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treaties ' is by the Constitution general ; and of course it embraces all sorts of treaties , for peace or war ; for commerce or territory ; for alliance or succours ; for indemnity for injuries or payments of debts ; for the ...
treaties ' is by the Constitution general ; and of course it embraces all sorts of treaties , for peace or war ; for commerce or territory ; for alliance or succours ; for indemnity for injuries or payments of debts ; for the ...
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Contents
1 Senator Edmund Muskie February 28 1978 | 206 |
Laxalt March 1 1978 | 218 |
177 | 272 |
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| Title | Senate Debate on the Panama Canal Treaties: A Compendium of Major Statements, Documents, Record Votes, and Relevant Events U.S. and Panama and their canal : the diplomatic and legal record |
| Author | Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service |
| Contributor | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1979 |
| Length | 560 pages |
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