Thomas J. Cheeseman

Bio: Thomas J. Cheeseman is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Constitutional law & Empowerment. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 1 citations.

State Empowerment and the Compact Clause

Abstract: INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776 I. THE SCOPE OF THE COMPACT CLAUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 779 A. The Historical Origins of the Compact Clause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 779 1. Compacts in the Colonial Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780 2. Compacts Under the Articles of Confederation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780 3. Debates at the Constitutional Convention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781 B. The Legal Development of the Compact Clause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785 1. Congressional Consent Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 786 2. Treatment as Federal Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 789 II. SHOULD THE COMPACT CLAUSE BE SUBJECT TO PRESENTMENT? . . . . . . . 792 A. The Constitution, State Legislatures, and Consent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 793 B. The Presentment Clauses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796 C. English Executive Precedent and Its Meta-Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 799 D. America’s Conceptual Revolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801 E. Modern Separation of Powers Precedent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 805 F. Article V and Presentment: The Constitutive Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808 1. The Higher Law: The American Conception of Popular Sovereignty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 809 2. The American Experience with the Constitutive Power . . . . . . . . 814 G. Article I, Section 10, Clause 2 and Presentment: The Interstitial Import-Export Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817 1. Text, Context, and Separation of Powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 818 2. Structural Incompatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820 H. Article I, Section 10, Clause 3 and Presentment: The Interstitial Regulatory Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823 CONCLUSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 826

The Senate of the United States

Abstract: JANUARY 6,1965 Mr. ANDERSON (for himself, Mr. GORE, Mr. JAVTTS, Mr. MCNAMARA, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. BATH, Mr. BIBLE, Mr. BREWSTER, Mr. BURDICK, Mr. CASE, Mr. CHURCH, Mr. CLARK, Mr. DODD, Mr. DOUGLAS, Mr. GRUENING, Mr. HARTKE, Mr. INOUYE, Mr. JACKSON, Mr. KENNEDY of Massachusetts, Mr. KENNEDY of New York, Mr. KUCHEL, Mr. LONG of Missouri, Mr. MANSFIELD, Mr. MCCARTHY, Mr. MCGEE, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MOINTYRE, Mr. METCALF, Mr. MONDALE, Mr. MONRONEY, Mr. MONTOYA, Mr. MORSE, Mr. Moss, Mr. MUSKIE, Mrs. NEUBERGER,, Mr. PASTORE, Mr. PELL, Mr. PROXMIRE, Mr. RANDOLPH, Mr. RIBICOFF, Mr. TYDINGS, Mr. WILLIAMS of New Jersey, Mr. YARBOROUGH, and Mr. YOUNG of Ohio) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance