Tag Archives: Partial Union

First Principles: State Governments Retain All Rights of Sovereignty Before Had and Not Exclusively Delegated To the United States

“But as the plan of the convention aims only at a partial union or consolidation, the State governments would clearly retain all the rights of sovereignty which they before had, and which were not, by that act, EXCLUSIVELY delegated to … Continue reading

Posted in First Principles | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

First Principles: The States Retain All Rights Not Exclusively Delegated to the United States

“But as the plan of the convention aims only at a partial union or consolidation, the State governments would clearly retain all the rights of sovereignty which they before had, and which were not, by that act, EXCLUSIVELY delegated to … Continue reading

Posted in First Principles | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment