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He interpreted the usual and accustomed grounds clause as meaning that the state needed provide Indians with both grounds to fish and a supply of fish to harvest. Washington was required to provide a "moderate living" to the tribes, which Boldt decided to be 50% of the fish (taking the United States treaty interpretation). [6]
The treaty was created with an armed attack by the Soviet Union against Western Europe in mind, [5] although the mutual self-defense clause was never invoked during the Cold War. By signing the North Atlantic Treaty, parties are "determined to safeguard the freedom, common heritage and civilization of the peoples, founded on the principles of ...
The United States Constitution and its amendments comprise hundreds of clauses which outline the functioning of the United States Federal Government, the political relationship between the states and the national government, and affect how the United States federal court system interprets the law. When a particular clause becomes an important ...
The treaty, signed on Jan. 22, 1855, is the land settlement between the Native American Tribes in the greater Puget Sound region and the United States government. “The Ferndale School District ...
The Treaty Clause of the United States Constitution (Article II, Section 2, Clause 2) establishes the procedure for ratifying international agreements.It empowers the President as the primary negotiator of agreements between the United States and other countries, and holds that the advice and consent of a two-thirds supermajority of the Senate renders a treaty binding with the force of federal ...
The Washington Naval Treaty, also known as the Five-Power Treaty, was a treaty signed during 1922 among the major Allies of World War I, which agreed to prevent an arms race by limiting naval construction.
The Constitution of the State of Washington is the document that describes the structure and function of the government of the U.S. State of Washington. The constitution was adopted as part of Washington Territory's path to statehood in 1889. An earlier constitution was drafted and ratified in 1878, but it was never officially adopted.
Terrace was a citizen of both the United States and Washington State. He was a farmer and wanted to lease his land to Nakatsuaka for five years, who was born in Japan and Japanese descent. The Attorney General was claiming Alien Land Law and trying to prosecute the enforcement criminally which even could lead to a confiscation of the land and ...