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At the same time, Ukrainian resistance is still strong enough to make any formal cession of territory almost unimaginable.

A colonial civil servant later described the cession of Hong Kong as “a surprise to all concerned.”

About 3,300 Armenian servicemen were killed in the war, and the territorial cessions forced thousands of Armenians to flee their homes.

The amendments would also proscribe the cession of Russian territory to foreign powers, deepening the conflict over the Kremlin’s annexation of Crimea.

To expect Congress humbly to ask a court to enforce congressional subpoenas only perpetuates Congress’s cession of its power.