Justice Horace Gray Quote

Quote from Justice Horace Gray,

Nishimura Ekiu v. United States from 1892, the Court declared, “It is an accepted maxim of international law that every sovereign nation has the power, as inherent in sovereignty, and essential to self-preservation, to forbid the entrance of foreigners within its dominions.”
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Justice Horace Gray (more quotes by Justice Horace Gray or books by/about Justice Horace Gray)

(1828-1902) Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court

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Justice Gray in the majority opinion for Nishimura Ekiu v. United States, (1892)

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Immigration, Law, Sovereignty, Power, Self-Preservation, Protection

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By:	Justice Horace Gray (more quotes by Justice Horace Gray or books by/about Justice Horace Gray)
	(1828-1902) Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
Source:	Justice Gray in the majority opinion for Nishimura Ekiu v. United States, (1892)
Categories:	Immigration, Law, Sovereignty, Power, Self-Preservation, Protection
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