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...Each state has the constitutional right to prohibit the sale of any article which it considers harmful to the public: Cooley's Const. Limit. p. 741. - (a) The Constitution gives the states all powers not granted to Congress: Const.- Amend. Art. X. - (b) Police powers not granted to Congress. - (c) Amendment XIV does not affect the states' power, "for the protection of health, prevention of fraud, and the preservation of public morals": Powell vs. Penna. 127 U.S. 678; Kansas v. Ziebold...
...Such a statute conflicts with Art 1, Sec. 8, S 3, of the Constitution, viz: "The Congress shall have power to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several states." - (a) Prohibition of sale of imported articles interferes with this power. - (1) Sale is an essential part of commerce: Pomeroy 285. Brown v. Maryland, 12 Wheat 410. - (b) States have not full concurrent power over such commerce. - (1) Constitution, itself, makes it exclusive with commerce: Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheat 1; Pomeroy, 280. - (x) No analogy with concurrent power of taxation. - (2) Best theory of Constitutional construction is that...
Seven Yale graduates were elected to Congress at the last election...
Question: "Resolved, That Secretary Carlisle's plan for retiring the greenbacks ought to be immediately enacted by Congress...
...Carlisle's Plan ought to be immediately enacted by Congress. - (a) Present condition of Treasury serious. - (1) Constant loss of gold. - (2) Bond issue furnishes only temporary relief. - (b) Prolonged agitation undesirable. (1) Repeal of Sherman...