But no clause of the Constitution is found on which to rest the claim of the United States to exercise jurisdiction over the soil of a State except that conferred by the eighth section of the first article of the Constitution.
Pierce points out that the Constitution does not explicitly grant the federal government jurisdiction over state soil, except in specific cases.
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