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· 7/27/2023

The State of Texas v. Christopher Thrasher

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  • Congress permitted to impose tax on exports from New York imported into Puerto Rico
  • “While [a tax on merchandise carried from one state to another] does not seem to be forbidden by the express words of' the Constitution, it would be extremely difficult, if not impossible to lay such a tax without a violation- of the 1st paragraph of art. 1, § 8.”

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