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Supreme Court Strikes Down Alaska Oil Tanker Tax

July 13th, 2009
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No state shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty of tonnage, keep troops, or ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another state, or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.

This is the Tonnage Clause and on Monday it was the subject of a U.S. Supreme Court decision for the first time in 74 years.

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