The original intent of the Commerce Clause was to ensure that the states would maintain a fair trade system between each other and a centralized currency system
Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, of the Constitution empowers Congress "to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among several States, and with the Indian Tribes
Commerce Clause legal definition of Commerce Clause. Commerce Clause synonyms by the Free Online Law Dictionary.
After the war with Britain the states were fighting amongst themselves and would charge what ever price they wish to for materials from Eroupe.
Thomas Jefferson said of the Commerce Clause
"To make a thing which may be bought and sold is not to prescribe regulations for buying and selling. Besides, if this were an exercise of the power of regulating commerce, it would be void, as extending as much to the internal commerce of every state, as to its external. For the power given to Congress by the Constitution does not extend to the internal regulation of the commerce of a State, (that is to say of the commerce between citizen and citizen,) which remain exclusively with its own legislature; but to its external commerce only, that is to say, its commerce with another State, or with foreign nations, or with the Indian tribes."
Founders and 19th Century Quotes on the Commerce Clause | Intellectual Takeout (ITO)
So fuck obama and his healthcare Jefferson just trumped him.
The same man who said
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from
time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It is its natural manure
Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, of the Constitution empowers Congress "to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among several States, and with the Indian Tribes
Commerce Clause legal definition of Commerce Clause. Commerce Clause synonyms by the Free Online Law Dictionary.
After the war with Britain the states were fighting amongst themselves and would charge what ever price they wish to for materials from Eroupe.
Thomas Jefferson said of the Commerce Clause
"To make a thing which may be bought and sold is not to prescribe regulations for buying and selling. Besides, if this were an exercise of the power of regulating commerce, it would be void, as extending as much to the internal commerce of every state, as to its external. For the power given to Congress by the Constitution does not extend to the internal regulation of the commerce of a State, (that is to say of the commerce between citizen and citizen,) which remain exclusively with its own legislature; but to its external commerce only, that is to say, its commerce with another State, or with foreign nations, or with the Indian tribes."
Founders and 19th Century Quotes on the Commerce Clause | Intellectual Takeout (ITO)
So fuck obama and his healthcare Jefferson just trumped him.
The same man who said
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from
time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It is its natural manure