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Orange Jacobs: “The power to suspend or modify must exist somewhere, or in the case of disputed jurisdiction, there could be no treaty…”

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The power to suspend or modify must exist somewhere, or in the case of disputed jurisdiction, there could be no treaty or conventions.
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Orange Jacobs
Republican · Washington

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Jacobs asserts that the power to modify jurisdiction is essential for treaties and conventions to exist.

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