| Show constitution DOES NOT FOLLOW THE FLAG supreme court Son th the governmental policy regarding insular A washington dispatch says the do de cealon of tile the supreme court of the united states Is that the constitution does not follow the flag the decision is in favor of tho the gov orn eminent ment but by a divided bench there are five individual opinions but some of these are concurring opinions expressing the views of the writers more fully and particularly than Is done in the opinion of the majority the court goes back t to 0 the period in which the republic was formed and the constitution framed and endeavors to ascertain what was the intent of tho the founders of the nation the opinion of the majority of the court disposes of the uniform taxation clause of the constitution coniti tullon which has been invoked by all the appellants in these cases case in tho the following manner the framers of the constitution in writing that clause had bad no thought of its application to territorial possessions no such question as asto t now presented had bad arisen in their minds the clause all duties imposts and excises shall hall be uniform throughout the united states the court holds was placed in the constitution as a result of the jealousies of the states which united in forming the union it was intended to prevent any state or combination of states securing advantage over ever another or others to prevent the ports port of one ona state gaining preference over those of another in the importation of goods this rule of uniformity was made primarily for the states united the court holds not for territories then possessed PO assessed or afterward acquired and the constitutional requirement Is satisfied as long as all duties on imports are uniformly imposed at all the ports throughout the united states state tho the advantage of this uniformity may be extended to territories and possessions oot not states and not members of the american union but that is for congress to determine under the authority of the constitution |
