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The power of the Congress to regulate interstate commerce is an absolute and unqualified grant, and without limitations other than those prescribed by the Constitution.
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gutenberg.orgThe power of the Congress to regulate interstate commerce is an absolute and unqualified grant, and without limitations other than those prescribed by the Constitution.
Roosevelt asserts the Congress's constitutional authority to regulate interstate commerce without limitations.
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