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.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Commerce Clause canonical	33
Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution	33
Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution	12
dormant Commerce Clause	3
U.S. Constitution Commerce Clause	2
Article I, Section 8, Indian Commerce Clause	1
Commerce Clause (invoked in arguments and background)	1
Dormant Commerce Clause	1
United States 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	Commerce Clause self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 of America ⓘ surface form: United States
languageSource	Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: 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. Lopez ⓘ surface form: United States v. Morrison
locatedInDocument	United States Constitution ⓘ
partOf	Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: 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 (91)

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Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution → contains → Commerce Clause ⓘ

Hammer v. Dagenhart → constitutionalIssue → Commerce Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution

Darby Lumber Company → relatedLegalDoctrine → Commerce Clause ⓘ

Morgan v. Virginia → constitutionalProvisionInvolved → Commerce Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution

Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 → legalBasis → Commerce Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution

11-400 → relatedTopic → Commerce Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution

Maryland v. Wirtz → constitutionalProvisionInvolved → Commerce Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution

United States constitutional law → includesDoctrine → Commerce Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: dormant commerce clause

John Marshall Court → constitutionalFocus → Commerce Clause ⓘ

Sherman Antitrust Act → constitutionalBasis → Commerce Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution

United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association → legalIssue → Commerce Clause ⓘ

United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Commerce Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution

United States v. Guest → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Commerce Clause ⓘ

Keating–Owen Child Labor Act → legalBasis → Commerce Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution

United States v. American Tobacco Co. → constitutionalBasis → Commerce Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution

Webb–Kenyon Act → constitutionalBasis → Commerce Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution

Native American sovereignty → groundedIn → Commerce Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Constitution Commerce Clause

United States environmental law → sourceOfAuthority → Commerce Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution

Slave Trade Clause → relatedTo → Commerce Clause ⓘ

Public Law 74-333 → basedOnConstitutionalPower → Commerce Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution

106-274 → constitutionalBasis → Commerce Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution

Raich → topic → Commerce Clause ⓘ

subject surface form: Gonzales v. Raich

this entity surface form: Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution

Brzonkala v. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University → constitutionalProvisionInvolved → Commerce Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution

Opinion in Cooley v. Board of Wardens (1852) → legalIssue → Commerce Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: dormant Commerce Clause

Opinion in Cooley v. Board of Wardens (1852) → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Commerce Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution

District Clause of the U.S. Constitution → distinctFrom → Commerce Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution

Enclave Clause → distinguishedFrom → Commerce Clause ⓘ

Cooley v. Board of Wardens → hasConstitutionalProvision → Commerce Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution

Supreme Court affirmed reversal of conviction → constitutionalProvision → Commerce Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution

Coinage Clause → relatedConcept → Commerce Clause ⓘ

Post Offices and Post Roads Clause → relatedTo → Commerce Clause ⓘ

Define and Punish Clause → distinguishedFrom → Commerce Clause ⓘ

McClung → associatedWithConstitutionalProvision → Commerce Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution

Public Law 100-497 → basedOn → Commerce Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Constitution Commerce Clause

United States federal securities laws → legalBasis → Commerce Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution

Northern Securities Co. v. United States → relatedConstitutionalProvision → Commerce Clause ⓘ

New Deal era Supreme Court jurisprudence → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Commerce Clause ⓘ

Hall v. DeCuir → hasConstitutionalProvision → Commerce Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution

Interstate Commerce Act → constitutionalBasis → Commerce Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution

Bailey v. Patterson → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Commerce Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution

19-840 → constitutionalProvision → Commerce Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commerce Clause (invoked in arguments and background)