In Hughes v. Oklahoma, Oklahoma law forbid the export of natural minnows, to help protect the state's natural resources. When this law was challenged, the Supreme Court held that the law was inconsistent with the basic principle that:

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The Supreme Court held that Oklahoma's law was inconsistent with the basic principle that our economic unit is the Nation. This means that the power to regulate interstate commerce belongs to the federal government, not individual states. By forbidding the export of natural minnows, Oklahoma was trying to regulate commerce beyond its borders, which was a violation of the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

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