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Albert Beveridge: “The authority to forbid foreign ships to enter our ports comes exclusively from the commerce clause.”

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The authority to forbid foreign ships to enter our ports comes exclusively from the commerce clause.
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Albert Beveridge
Republican · Indiana

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Beveridge emphasizes the constitutional basis for regulating foreign shipping in the United States.

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