The CHIEF JUSTICE delivered the opinion of the court.
The questions certified resolve themselves into this: Has Congress power, under the Constitution, to prohibit trade within the limits of a State?
That Congress has power to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes, the Constitution expressly declares. But this
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