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Settling The West: The Annexation Of Texas, The Louisiana Purchase, And Bush V. Gore, Mark Graber
Settling The West: The Annexation Of Texas, The Louisiana Purchase, And Bush V. Gore, Mark Graber
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Naked Land Transfers And American Constitutional Development, Mark Graber
Naked Land Transfers And American Constitutional Development, Mark Graber
Mark Graber
The constitutional prohibition on naked land transfers, laws granting to B property that belonged to A, played a far greater role in American constitutional development than is generally realized. The Marshall and Taney Courts heard numerous cases in which government officials were accused of expropriating private property, typically by legislative oversight rather than by deliberate intent. When resolving these cases, antebellum justices relied heavily on “certain great principles of justice” rather than on specific constitutional provisions. Supreme Court majorities on several occasions probably exercised the judicial power to declare federal laws unconstitutional. More frequently, Marshall and Taney Court decisions in …