Interstate Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution

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constitutional clause provision of the United States Constitution

The Interstate Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution is a provision in Article I, Section 8 that grants Congress the power to regulate trade and commerce among the several states, forming a key basis for federal regulatory authority.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional clause ⓘ provision of the United States Constitution ⓘ
adopted	1788 ⓘ
alsoCovers	commerce with foreign nations ⓘ commerce with the Indian tribes ⓘ
appliesTo	interstate transportation and shipping ⓘ services across state lines ⓘ trade in goods across state lines ⓘ
authorityType	enumerated power ⓘ
cameIntoForce	1789 ⓘ
concerns	activities substantially affecting interstate commerce ⓘ channels of interstate commerce ⓘ instrumentalities of interstate commerce ⓘ
empowers	United States Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfLaw	United States economic regulation ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ federalism ⓘ
grantsPowerTo	United States Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ
grantsTypeOfPower	regulatory power ⓘ
historicalContext	drafted in response to weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation ⓘ
historicalPurpose	to create a national common market ⓘ to prevent economic protectionism among states ⓘ
interpretedBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
keyCase	Gibbons v. Ogden NERFINISHED ⓘ Gonzales v. Raich NERFINISHED ⓘ Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Katzenbach v. McClung NERFINISHED ⓘ National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius NERFINISHED ⓘ United States v. Lopez NERFINISHED ⓘ United States v. Morrison NERFINISHED ⓘ Wickard v. Filburn NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageContains	among the several States ⓘ
legalBasisFor	federal civil rights legislation ⓘ federal economic regulation ⓘ federal environmental regulation ⓘ federal labor regulation ⓘ federal regulation of communications ⓘ federal regulation of the national economy ⓘ federal regulation of transportation ⓘ federal regulatory authority over interstate commerce ⓘ
limits	state regulation that unduly burdens interstate commerce ⓘ
locatedInDocument	United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Article I of the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedDoctrine	Dormant Commerce Clause NERFINISHED ⓘ Necessary and Proper Clause NERFINISHED ⓘ Supremacy Clause NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject	interstate commerce ⓘ trade among the several states ⓘ
textBeginsWith	To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes ⓘ

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Subtitle IV—Interstate Transportation → relatedTo → Interstate Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ