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If we have the right and duty under our constitution to prevent the smuggling of fissile material into our nation, then we likewise have the right to prevent the smuggling of any other material which may be used to kill or injure Americans.

Federal authority to exercise control over goods coming across our border from foreign countries is well within the original intent of the Commerce Clause. This is commerce "with foreign nations", not interstate commerce. The were specified separately because "with" and "among" mean different things, and were intended to be treated differently. If it was all intended to be treated the same, they would simply have said "to regulate commerce" and left it at that.

Federal authority to exercise control over goods coming across our border from foreign countries is well within the original intent of the Commerce Clause.

Commerce does not apply to illegal activities. Importing Sex Slaves, or Drugs, or Anthrax spores do not constitute "Commerce."

This is commerce "with foreign nations", not interstate commerce. The were specified separately because "with" and "among" mean different things, and were intended to be treated differently. If it was all intended to be treated the same, they would simply have said "to regulate commerce" and left it at that.

Again, it is NOT Commerce because it is illegal. I also noticed that you did not answer my question. (Does the government have a right and a duty to ban the importation of fissile material?) The reason you did not answer my question is because you know that you must acknowledge that they can, and in doing so you destroy the basis for your own argument.

We The People... Have a Right and a Duty to ban dangerous and destructive substances.