Commerce Clause

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clause of the United States Constitution constitutional provision

The Commerce Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that grants Congress the power to regulate trade and economic activity among the states and with foreign nations.

Aliases (10)

Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution ×19
Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution ×8
dormant Commerce Clause ×2
Article I, Section 8, Indian Commerce Clause ×1
Dormant Commerce Clause ×1
U.S. Constitution Commerce Clause ×1
United States Constitution Indian Commerce Clause ×1
commerce clause ×1
dormant commerce clause ×1
negative Commerce Clause ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	clause of the United States Constitution → constitutional provision →
affects	balance of power between federal government and the states →
appliesTo	interstate transportation → some forms of interstate services and economic activity → trade in goods across state lines →
associatedWithDoctrine	channels of commerce doctrine → instrumentalities of commerce doctrine → substantial effects doctrine →
basisFor	federal civil rights legislation affecting businesses engaged in interstate commerce → federal environmental regulation affecting interstate commerce → federal labor regulation → federal regulation of transportation and communications networks →
contrastedWith	Necessary and Proper Clause → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution →
dormantAspectLimits	state laws that unduly burden interstate commerce →
empowers	Congress to regulate commerce among the several states → Congress to regulate commerce with Indian tribes → Congress to regulate commerce with foreign nations →
grantsPowerTo	United States Congress → federal legislature of the United States →
hasImpliedConcept	dormant Commerce Clause →
hasInterpretationBy	Supreme Court of the United States →
historicalContext	drafted at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 →
interpretedInCase	Gibbons v. Ogden → Gonzales v. Raich → Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States → Katzenbach v. McClung → NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. → Wickard v. Filburn →
jurisdiction	United States →
languageSource	Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution →
legalField	constitutional law → economic regulation → federalism →
limitedByCase	United States v. Lopez → United States v. Morrison →
locatedInDocument	United States Constitution →
partOf	Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution →
purpose	to create a national market free from state trade barriers → to prevent economic protectionism among states →
relatedProvision	Necessary and Proper Clause → Supremacy Clause → Taxing and Spending Clause →
relatesTo	Indian commerce → foreign commerce → interstate commerce →
textBeginsWith	"To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes" →
usedFor	expansion of federal authority over the national economy → justification of federal regulatory power →

Referenced by (60)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Carter v. Carter Coal Co. → Cherokee Nation v. Georgia ("Article I, Section 8, Indian Commerce Clause") → Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority → Gibbons v. Ogden → NFIB v. Sebelius → National League of Cities v. Usery ("Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution") → New York v. United States (1992) ("Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution") → Paul v. Virginia ("Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution") → Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States ("Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution") → United States v. Lopez → United States v. Morrison ("Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution") →	constitutionalProvisionInterpreted
Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act ("Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution") → Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States ("Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution") → Public Law 106-274 → Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act ("Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution") → Sherman Antitrust Act ("Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution") → Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ("Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution") → Title II – Public Accommodations ("Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution") →	constitutionalBasis
Bureau of Indian Affairs ("United States Constitution Indian Commerce Clause") → Controlled Substances Act ("Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution") → Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act ("Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution") → Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 ("Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution") → Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a valid exercise of Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause ("Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution") →	legalBasis
Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution → Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 ("Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution") → Import-Export Clause → Necessary and Proper Clause → Property Clause →	relatedTo
Gonzales v. Raich → Katzenbach v. McClung ("Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution") → Ollie’s Barbecue case ("Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution") →	constitutionalProvision
Alfonso Lopez Jr. ("Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution") → Maryland v. Wirtz ("Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution") → Morgan v. Virginia ("Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution") →	constitutionalProvisionInvolved
Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 ("Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution") → Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 ("Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution") →	constitutionalBasisClaimed
Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution → United States Constitution →	contains
Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution ("dormant Commerce Clause") → Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution ("negative Commerce Clause") →	hasDoctrine
Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution →	alsoKnownAs
substantial effects doctrine →	appliesTo
Ollie’s Barbecue ("Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution") →	associatedWithConstitutionalProvision
Worcester v. Georgia ("U.S. Constitution Commerce Clause") →	backgroundLaw
Ollie’s Barbecue refused to serve Black customers in its dining area ("Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution") →	constitutionalBasisForRegulation
John Marshall Court →	constitutionalFocus
Hammer v. Dagenhart ("Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution") →	constitutionalIssue
Article I of the United States Constitution →	containsClause
Privileges and Immunities Clause ("Dormant Commerce Clause") →	distinctFrom
Taxing and Spending Clause →	distinguishedFrom
Wickard v. Filburn →	hasConstitutionalProvision
Commerce Clause ("dormant Commerce Clause") →	hasImpliedConcept
Commerce Compromise →	hasPart
United States constitutional law ("dormant commerce clause") →	includesDoctrine
Ollie’s Barbecue purchased a substantial portion of its food from out-of-state suppliers →	isRelevantToDoctrine
Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States →	legalSubject
United States v. Darby →	relatedConstitutionalProvision
Darby Lumber Company →	relatedLegalDoctrine
11-400 ("Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution") →	relatedTopic
United States federal law ("commerce clause") →	sourceOfAuthority