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To: gorush
The commerce clause does not give the power to congress to regulate commerce.

Yes, it does. That's exactly what it says. The only issue is what was meant by the phrase "regulate commerce."

If you mean to assert that the modern meaning is much broader than the one intended by the authors, then I agree.

5 posted on 02/07/2015 10:00:37 AM PST by sourcery (Without the right to self defense, there can be no rights at all.)
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To: sourcery

It says it can regulate foreign commerce...it specified foreign.


9 posted on 02/07/2015 10:09:51 AM PST by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: sourcery

I stand corrected, it does say foreign nations, and among the several states, and with Indian tribes. Still, the founders intent that it only prevent states from imposing tariffs on other states can be found in the Federalist Papers.


10 posted on 02/07/2015 10:14:50 AM PST by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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