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The Import-Export Clause

Bittker, Boris
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Denning, Brannon
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A companion piece to the Commerce Clause of the Constitution is the less well-known Import-Export Clause: No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection Laws; and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress. The Import-Export Clause was the principal remedy proposed by the Philadelphia Convention to remedy the commercial strife that characterized the relations among the states under the Articles of Confederation, as noted by the Supreme Court in 1976.
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13051/1619