I know it is said, plausibly enough, in some quarters, that Congress cannot foreclose the question,--has nothing to do with it, in fact,--but that it is a matter to be settled only by the Supreme Law of the land, of which Congress is merely the servant.
Reid asserts that Congress has a role in addressing the legal questions surrounding territorial governance.
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