Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution

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constitutional clause provision of the United States Constitution

The Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution is a provision in Article IV that grants Congress broad authority to govern and regulate U.S. territories and their property.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution canonical	4
Territory Clause	3
Article IV Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution	2
Territorial Clause	2
Territorial Clause of the U.S. Constitution	2
New States Clause	1
Territories Clause	1
Territory Clause of Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2	1
Territory Clause of the United States Constitution	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional clause ⓘ provision of the United States Constitution ⓘ
adoptedOn	1788 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Property Clause ⓘ Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Territory Clause
appliesTo	federal enclaves and other federal property ⓘ incorporated territories of the United States ⓘ unincorporated territories of the United States ⓘ
authorizes	Congressional regulation of U.S. territories ⓘ Congressional regulation of federal property ⓘ
bindingOn	United States Congress ⓘ United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
cameIntoForce	1789 ⓘ
citedInCase	Balzac v. Porto Rico ⓘ Camfield v. United States ⓘ Downes v. Bidwell ⓘ Kleppe v. New Mexico ⓘ United States v. Gratiot ⓘ
constitutionalCategory	federalism-related provision ⓘ structural provision ⓘ
constitutionalLocation	Article IV of the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Article IV dealing with states and territories
constrains	state claims to federal property ⓘ
enables	organic acts for U.S. territories ⓘ statutory governance frameworks for territories ⓘ
governs	disposition of federal property ⓘ rules and regulations for U.S. territories ⓘ
grantsPowerTo	United States Congress ⓘ
historicalContext	drafted during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ⓘ
interpretedBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States territories ⓘ
languageSource	United States Constitution original text in English ⓘ
legalEffect	grants plenary power over territories to Congress ⓘ
locatedInDocument	Article IV Section 3 Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ surface form: Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution
partOf	Article IV of the United States Constitution ⓘ
relatedTo	Admissions Clause ⓘ Necessary and Proper Clause ⓘ Supremacy Clause ⓘ
scopeCharacterization	broad authority over territories and property ⓘ
subjectMatter	federal property management ⓘ territorial governance ⓘ
textBeginsWith	"The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations" ⓘ
usedFor	governance of U.S. territories ⓘ management of federal lands ⓘ regulation of public lands ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States territorial courts → legalBasis → Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ

United States territories → governedUnder → Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Territorial Clause of the U.S. Constitution

Title 48 of the United States Code → relatedTo → Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Admissions Clause → relatedTo → Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Territory Clause

Admissions Clause → distinguishedFrom → Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Territory Clause of Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2

New States and Federal Property → hasPart → Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: New States Clause

New States and Federal Property → relatedTo → Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Territories Clause

Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution → alsoKnownAs → Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Territory Clause

insular cases doctrine → relatedTo → Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ

subject surface form: Insular Cases doctrine

Article IV of the United States Constitution → subjectOf → Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Territorial Clause

Article IV of the United States Constitution → hasClause → Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Territorial Clause

United States territorial law → shapedBy → Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Territorial Clause of the U.S. Constitution

Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act → legalBasis → Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Article IV Section 3 Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution → alsoKnownAs → Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Territory Clause

Article IV territorial court → constitutionalBasis → Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Territory Clause of the United States Constitution

Balzac v. Porto Rico → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article IV Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution

Ocampo v. United States → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article IV Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution