The Essentials of American Constitutional Law

by Francis Newton Thorpe

[317] Idem.

[318] Ward v. Maryland, 12 Wallace, 418.

[319] Slaughter House Cases, 16 Wallace, 77 (1872). Blake v. McClung, 172 U. S., 239 (1898).

[320] Blake v. McClung, supra.

[321] Ex parte Reggel, 114 U. S., 642 (1885). Pennoyer v. Neff, 95 U. S., 714 (1877).

[322] Art. iv., 2: 2. Revised Statutes, §§ 5278, 5279.

[323] Ex parte Reggel, supra.

[324] Lascelles v. Georgia, 148 U. S., 537 (1893).

[325] Art. i., 10: 1.

[326] Lascelles v. Georgia, supra. In international law the right of extradition does not include fugitives for political offenses. This exemption is an incident of sovereignty.