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Veilex

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12. Commerce clause might be a problem...

Reply to cstanleytech (Reply #11)

Sat Sep 14, 2013, 12:15 AM

Sep 2013

Though "a study of environmental, economic and tribal impacts" might be enough to stop it cold. There are quite a few laws on the books that protect historical artifacts. That load could very well threaten those artifacts, as the article suggests. That would place the transport of the equipment outside the commerce clause.

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