 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia - 1967
...for these reasons that the Congress wrote into the Constitution that the Congress alone "shall have the power to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever' over the District of Columbia. This authority is container in article 1, section 8 of the Constitution. Now,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. District of Columbia - 1971 - 138 pages
...discharge your duties to the United States Senate and to the Constitution which provides Congress with the power "to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over the District not to exceed 10 miles square as made by secession of particular States and by the acceptance... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rules - Administrative procedure - 1984 - 1236 pages
...constitutional provision delegating power to Congress over the District, Art. 1, $ 8, el. 17 gives Congress the power "[t)o exercise exclusive Legislation In all cases whatsoever, over' the District of Columbia, (emphasis added). The placement of the clause among the other enumerated delegated... | |
 | Michael Kent Curtis - Law - 1993 - 344 pages
...and destroying a key to their inspiration.80' C. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA The Constitution gives Congress the power to "exercise exclusive Legislation in all cases whatsoever," over the Seat of Government of the 301. TIME, March 26, 1945, at 60; NY Times, March 9, 1945, at 7, col. 2. 302. NY Times, March... | |
 | Michael Kent Curtis - History - 2000 - 520 pages
...post offices and post roads. It provided for the supremacy of federal law. Finally, it gave Congress the power "to exercise exclusive Legislation in all cases whatsoever" over the seat of government and at places "purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State" for federal forts, arsenals,... | |
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But if the power to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over the District of Columbia... 
