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  1. LII
  2. U.S. Constitution Annotated
  3. Article I. Legislative Branch
  4. Section VIII
  5. Clause III
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    Clause 3 Commerce

    To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;

    • Overview of Commerce Clause
      • Meaning of Commerce
        • Meaning of Among the Several States in the Commerce Clause
          • Meaning of Regulate in the Commerce Clause
            • Historical Background
              • Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 and Sugar Trust Case
                • Current of Commerce Concept and 1905 Swift Case
                  • Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 and Grain Futures Act of 1922
                    • New Deal Legislation Generally
                      • National Industrial Recovery and Agricultural Adjustment Acts of 1933
                        • Railroad Retirement and Securities Exchange Acts of 1934
                          • Public Utility Holding Company and Bituminous Coal Conservation Acts of 1935
                            • National Labor Relations Act of 1935
                              • Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937
                                • Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
                                  • Dual Federalism and Commerce Clause
                                  • Modern Doctrine
                                    • United States v. Lopez and Interstate Commerce Clause
                                      • Channels of Interstate Commerce
                                        • Persons or Things in and Instrumentalities of Interstate Commerce
                                          • Intrastate Activities Having a Substantial Relation to Interstate Commerce
                                            • Limits on Federal Regulation of Intrastate Activity
                                              • Regulation of Activity Versus Inactivity
                                                • Regulation of Interstate Commerce to Achieve Policy Goals
                                                  • Civil Rights and Commerce Clause
                                                    • Criminal Law and Commerce Clause
                                                    • Dormant Commerce Clause
                                                      • Overview of Dormant Commerce Clause
                                                        • Historical Background on Dormant Commerce Clause
                                                          • Early Dormant Commerce Clause Jurisprudence
                                                            • Modern Dormant Commerce Clause Jurisprudence Generally
                                                              • General Prohibition on Facial Discrimination
                                                                • State Proprietary Activity (Market Participant) Exception
                                                                  • Congressional Authorization of Otherwise Impermissible State Action
                                                                    • Facially Neutral Laws and Dormant Commerce Clause
                                                                      • Local Laws and Traditional Government Functions
                                                                        • Foreign Commerce and State Powers
                                                                          • State Taxation
                                                                            • Overview of State Taxation and Dormant Commerce Clause
                                                                              • Early Dormant Commerce Clause Jurisprudence and State Taxation
                                                                                • Modern Dormant Commerce Clause Jurisprudence and State Taxation
                                                                                  • Nexus Prong of Complete Auto Test for Taxes on Interstate Commerce
                                                                                    • Apportionment Prong of Complete Auto Test for Taxes on Interstate Commerce
                                                                                      • Discrimination Prong of Complete Auto Test for Taxes on Interstate Commerce
                                                                                        • Benefit Prong of Complete Auto Test for Taxes on Interstate Commerce
                                                                                      • Foreign
                                                                                        • Overview of Foreign Commerce Clause
                                                                                          • Instruments of Commerce
                                                                                          • Indian Tribes
                                                                                            • Scope of Commerce Clause Authority and Indian Tribes
                                                                                              • Restrictions on State Powers, Indian Tribes, and Commerce Clause

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                                                                                            • Explanation of the Constitution - from the Congressional Research Service


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