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Jeffrey Sikkenga, Essay, in The Heritage Guide to the Constitution 281–82 (David F. Forte & Matthew Spalding eds., 2005).
Stating the drafters intended for the Claims Clause to authorize Congress to create rules and regulations for admitting states to the Union.
Vicente G. Sinco, The Power of Congress to Relinquish Sovereignty over the Philippines (Concluded), 7 Phil. L.J. 60, 70–71 (1927).
Refuting the claim that the Claims Clause limits the power of Congress to alienate sovereignty.
F. Harold Smith, The Right of Congress to Grant the Philippines Sovereign Independence, 19 Ill. L. Rev. 339, 340–43 (1925).
Arguing that Congress cannot grant sovereign independence to any territory of the United States under the express meaning of the Claims Clause and statements of the drafters.
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