Is it not too plain for argument that the Constitution here refers to territory not a part of the United States, but subject to its jurisdiction--territory, for example, like the Sandwich Islands or the Philippines?
Reid interprets the Constitution as referring to territories not part of the U.S., using examples like the Philippines to illustrate his point.
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