Gibbons v. Ogden · ¶118

When speaking of the power of Congress over navigation, I do not regard it as a power incidental to that of. regulating commerce; I consider it as the thing itself; inseparable from it as vital motion is from vital existence.

U. S. Reports, bound volume
U. S. Reports, volume 22, at 1 (Library of Congress) · transcription: Caselaw Access Project
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