Can a state regulate commerce while Congress is?
I have to read a primary source document for US history class. The whole thing talks about some debate about if it’s constitutional for states to regulate commerce with other states and countries while Congress is. I’ve read the whole thing three times and cannot find a straight answer. Help?
Go to this link and read the interpretation.
http://books.google.com/books?id=sKjOeBQIcc8C&pg=PA320&lpg=PA320&dq=Is+it+constitutional+for+states+to+regulate+commerce+with+other+states+and+countries+while+Congress+is%3F&source=bl&ots=NhscGUwFnF&sig=5QDsMJh2nYiRm60BtvAEjlyC3vo&hl=en&ei=rer6SuzONoWOswO5wK3_AQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Look here under enumerated powers third bullet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress
This is also a great article addressing this issue. By the way this is what the Civil War was really about.
http://law.jrank.org/pages/12510/Federalism-State-Powers.html
The History Man
http://wwwhistoryman.blogspot.com/
April 13th, 2010 at 12:38 pm
Go to this link and read the interpretation.
http://books.google.com/books?id=sKjOeBQIcc8C&pg=PA320&lpg=PA320&dq=Is+it+constitutional+for+states+to+regulate+commerce+with+other+states+and+countries+while+Congress+is%3F&source=bl&ots=NhscGUwFnF&sig=5QDsMJh2nYiRm60BtvAEjlyC3vo&hl=en&ei=rer6SuzONoWOswO5wK3_AQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Look here under enumerated powers third bullet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress
This is also a great article addressing this issue. By the way this is what the Civil War was really about.
http://law.jrank.org/pages/12510/Federalism-State-Powers.html
The History Man
http://wwwhistoryman.blogspot.com/
References :
http://www.footnote.com/page/94351647_us_historical_documents/