If the government of the United States, therefore, has no right to legislate for the territories, it has no right to adjudicate for the territories; if it has no right to adjudicate, then it has no right to enforce the decisions of the judicial tribunals.
Mann argues that if the government cannot legislate for territories, it also cannot enforce laws there.
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