Session #63 · 1913–15

Speech #630252925

He says: Timt a treaty can not Invade the constitutional prerogatives of.the legislature is thus illustrated by a German author. who has given to the subject a degr(e of elaborate and extended exposition which It has received from no writer In our own tongue: " Congress has under the Constitution the right to lay taxes and Impots as well as tc regulate foreign trade. but the President and Senate. if the Itreatymaking power be regarded as absolute. would be able to evade this limitation by adopting treaties which would compel Congress to destroy its whole tariff system. According to the Constitution. Congress hcs tie right to determine questions of naturalization. of patents. and of .opyright. Yet. according to the view here contested. tie President and Senate. by a treaty. could on these important questiolis utterly destroy the legislative capacity of the House of Representatives. Th Constitution gives Congress the control of the Army.
Keywords matched
naturalization

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Germans
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
70%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOSEPH RANSDELL
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
LA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
630252925
Paragraph
#0
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