federal power to improve navigation
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From 230 U.S. 1 - Jackson v. United States · 1913Most cited · 167 citing opinions
the plenary power of the United States to legislate for the benefit of navigation, and to construct such works as are appropriate to that end, without liability, for remote or consequential damages, has been so often decided as to cause the subject not to be open.