Commerce Clause Archives - Independence Institute

Will the Supreme Court stretch the Commerce Clause even more?0
- September 7, 2022
Some claim that when the word “Commerce” is applied to Native Americans, it magically balloons in scope, allowing Congress to regulate just about anything.
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A Further Response to Prof. Ablavsky on the Indian Commerce Clause 0
- August 29, 2022
We discovered that Ablavsky’s work contained a disturbing number of inaccurate, non-existent, and misleading citations, as well as deceptively-edited quotations.
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A Preliminary Response to Prof. Ablavsky’s “Indian Commerce Clause” Attack 0
- April 7, 2022
An advocate of vast congressional power takes quotes out of context, misrepresents what others say, and makes historical errors
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Indian Child Welfare Act: Another case of Congress’s overreach goes to the Supreme Court 0
- April 3, 2022
The Constitution does not give Congress authority to regulate the adoption of children.
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Mr. President, Do the right thing: End the unconstitutional vaccination mandate 0
- September 26, 2021
There is no Supreme Court authority higher than [Chief Justice] Marshall, and he himself told us that “health laws of every description” are matters for determination by the states.
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Where were all the Constitution’s defenders when the feds raised the smoking age?0
- January 7, 2020
[S]etting minimum consumption ages is not a power the Constitution grants the federal government. The Constitution reserves it to the states.
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