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* D has been granted, through a federal license, the privilege of employment in the coasting trade. P would restrict such trade to property transport, excluding passengers. Such a narrow interpretation would eventually "explain away the Constitution." Instead, safe and fundamental principles must be followed, and coasting trade includes transport of both property and persons for hire. | * D has been granted, through a federal license, the privilege of employment in the coasting trade. P would restrict such trade to property transport, excluding passengers. Such a narrow interpretation would eventually "explain away the Constitution." Instead, safe and fundamental principles must be followed, and coasting trade includes transport of both property and persons for hire. | ||
* For these reasons, the federal license must be recognized, and state laws prohibiting exercise of such licenses are void. | * For these reasons, the federal license must be recognized, and state laws prohibiting exercise of such licenses are void. | ||
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