substantial effects doctrine
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The substantial effects doctrine is a constitutional law principle allowing Congress to regulate even local, non-commercial activity under the Commerce Clause if, in the aggregate, it exerts a substantial effect on interstate commerce.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States constitutional law concept
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constitutional law doctrine → legal doctrine → |
| allows |
Congress to regulate intrastate activity
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Congress to regulate local activity → Congress to regulate non-commercial activity → |
| appliedBy | Supreme Court of the United States → |
| appliesTo | Commerce Clause → |
| associatedWith |
United States constitutional history
→
surface form:
New Deal era constitutional jurisprudence
|
| basedOn | aggregation principle → |
| citedInCase |
Gonzales v. Raich
→
Wickard v. Filburn → |
| condition | regulated activity must have substantial effect on interstate commerce in the aggregate → |
| connectedTo |
enumerated powers of Congress
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limits on federal police power → |
| controversialFor | broad interpretation of Commerce Clause → |
| criticizedFor |
eroding limits on federal power
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weakening state sovereignty → |
| developedInCase |
NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.
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Wickard v. Filburn → |
| distinguishedFrom |
channels of interstate commerce doctrine
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instrumentalities of interstate commerce doctrine → |
| expandedFederalPowerOver |
agricultural production
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economic regulation → labor relations → local economic activity → |
| influences | federalism debates in the United States → |
| interprets | scope of congressional commerce power → |
| involvesQuestion | what constitutes economic activity → |
| legalSystem |
United States of America
→
surface form:
United States
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| limitedByCase |
United States v. Lopez
→
United States v. Morrison → |
| relatedConcept |
aggregation of effects
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economic activity requirement → rational basis review in Commerce Clause cases → |
| relatedTo |
Necessary and Proper Clause
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interstate commerce → |
| requiresFinding | substantial effect on interstate commerce → |
| sourceOf | broad congressional regulatory authority over national markets → |
| subjectOf | scholarly debate in constitutional law → |
| supportsView | Congress may regulate intrastate activity that is part of a class of activities affecting interstate commerce → |
| timePeriod | 20th century → |
| usedToUphold |
federal regulation of homegrown medical marijuana in Gonzales v. Raich
→
federal regulation of homegrown wheat in Wickard v. Filburn → |
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