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- Title: Resurrecting Missouri V. Holland (Symposium)
- Author : Missouri Law Review
- Release Date : January 22, 2008
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 259 KB
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I. INTRODUCTION For a decision that has never been put to work, Missouri v. Holland (1) has generated a good deal of academic discussion. At one level, that shouldn't be surprising. The case supplies a clean judicial pronouncement on a question of paramount constitutional importance. At another level, however, until recently there hasn't been much to talk about. Missouri v. Holland declared a broad vision of the Treaty Power and of the national government's authority to constrain the states in furtherance of international obligations. But the federal government failed to assimilate that version of the Treaty Power. Indeed, it is only recently that the exercise of powers available under Holland has become a realistic possibility.