I have heard him make that statement several times. and in so stating it seems to me that he overlooks some of the most important decisions of the Supreme Court. I shall later on read from a decision in a case where the court was dealing with the power of this Government to regulate foreign commerce. and instead of basing its ruling upon the commerce clause of the Constitution it based the authority of Congress to act in the case in question upon those greater powers that flow from the Constitution as a whole. by reason of the sovereignty and the nationality of this Republic. I refer to the Chinese exclusion case. from which I will read later on. As a matter of fact. however. in the course of this colloquy. I had not mentioned the subject of inherent power.
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