Senate Reports (Public), Vol. 1

Download or read book Senate Reports (Public), Vol. 1 written by United States Senate and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 814 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Senate Reports (Public), Vol. 1: 61st Congress, 3d Session; December 5, 1910-March 4, 1911 There are those who argue that the so-called Foraker Act of 1900, providing a form of government for Porto Rico, constituted it an organize Territory; that, therefore, by operation of the said section 1891, the Constitution and laws of the United States are in full force in Porto Rico, and that as a result thereof the citizens of Porto Rico are already citizens of the United States. Others contend that, while a Territory in one sense, it is not a Territory of the United States within the meaning of that section, and that, in any event, the exten sion of the Constitution and laws over the island would not of itself have the effect of constituting the inhabitants thereof citizens of the United States. They point to the fact that there are many inhabit ants of the States themselves, where the Constitution is undoubtedly in full force and effect, who are nevertheless not citizens, as, for instance, Chinese Indians, and others. The argument in favor of such citizenship has been presented to the Supreme Court of the United States with great force and eloquence in a number of cases, but that court has declined to hold either that the Constitution of the United States extends over the island of Porto Rico in all respects and for all urposes, or that the inhabitants thereof are citizens of the United tates. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.