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Teddy Roosevelt: “The importance of enacting into law the particular bill in question is further increased by the fact that the Government…”

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The importance of enacting into law the particular bill in question is further increased by the fact that the Government has now definitely begun a policy of resorting to the criminal law in those trust and interstate commerce cases where such a course offers a reasonable chance of success.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

He highlights the urgency of enacting a bill related to criminal law in trust and interstate commerce cases in 1919.

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