Justice Horace Gray, (1828-1902) Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
Justice Horace Gray Quote
“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 ...”
~ Justice Horace Gray
(1828-1902) Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme CourtJustice Gray in the majority opinion for Nishimura Ekiu v. United States, (1892)
Immigration
, Law
, Sovereignty
, Power
, Self-Preservation
, Protection
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