Congress has power to define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against the law of nations
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Congress has power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises to pay debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States 1 0 2and
Congress has power to promote science and useful arts by securing authors' and inventors' exclusive rights to their writings and discoveries for limited times 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
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