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The authority to forbid foreign ships to enter our ports comes exclusively from the commerce clause.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “The authority to forbid foreign ships to enter our ports comes exclusively from the commerce clause.”
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Beveridge emphasizes the constitutional basis for regulating foreign shipping in the United States.
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