Commerce Clause - Early years 1824-1935

Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution, known as the Commerce Clause, empowers the United States Congress "To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes." Courts and commentators have tended to discuss each of these three areas as a separate power granted to Congress. It is therefore common to see references to the Foreign Commerce Clause, the Interstate Commerce Clause, and the Indian Commerce Clause, each of which refer ...

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• Commerce Clause - Significance
• Commerce Clause - History
• Commerce Clause - Original understanding
• Commerce Clause - Early years 1824-1935
• Commerce Clause - New Deal
• Commerce Clause - Civil rights
• Commerce Clause - The Rehnquist Court

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Commerce Clause - Original understanding. The founders' understanding of the word "commerce" is unclear. Although commerce means economic activity today, it had much broader and non-economic meanings at the time. For example, in 18th Century writing one finds expressions such as "the free and easy commerce of social life" and "our Lord's commerce with his disciples". Further, interpreting interstate commerce to mean "interstate human interaction" makes more sense for the Indian commerce clause as one would expect Congress to be given authority to regulate non-economic relations wi ...

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Commerce Clause, Commerce Clause - Significance, Commerce Clause - History, Commerce Clause - Original understanding, Commerce Clause - Early years 1824-1935, Commerce Clause - New Deal, Commerce Clause - Civil rights, Commerce Clause - The Rehnquist Court

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The use of the Commerce Clause by Congress to justify its legislative power has been the subject of long, intense political controversy. Interpretation of the sixteen words of the Commerce Clause has helped define the balance of power between the federal government and individual states. As such, it has a direct impact on the lives of US citizens. According to the Tenth Amendment, the federal government of the United States only has the power to regulate matters specifically delegated to it by the Constitution. Other powers are reserv ...

See also:

Commerce Clause, Commerce Clause - Significance, Commerce Clause - History, Commerce Clause - Original understanding, Commerce Clause - Early years 1824-1935, Commerce Clause - New Deal, Commerce Clause - Civil rights, Commerce Clause - The Rehnquist Court

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