To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high
Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;
| 1. | Edmund Randolph, James Duane, John Witherspoon, Report to Congress, Nov. 1781 |
| 2. | Respublica v. De Longchamps |
| 3. | Records of the Federal Convention |
| 4. | James Madison, Federalist, no. 42, 280--81, 22 Jan. 1788 |
| 5. | James Wilson, Of the Law of Nations, Lectures on Law, 1791 |
| 6. | St. George Tucker, Blackstone's Commentaries 1:App. 268--69, 1803 |
| 7. | The Schooner Exchange v. McFaddon |
| 8. | Brown v. United States |
| 9. | United States v. Smith |
| 10. | The Antelope |
| 11. | James Kent, Commentaries 1:1--4, 15--19, 171--76, 1826 |
| 12. | William Rawle, A View of the Constitution of the United States 106--9 1829 (2d ed.) |
| 13. | United States v. Benner |
| 14. | Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution 3:§§ 1153--62, 1833 |
| 15. | Case of Jose Ferreira dos Santos |
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