Commerce Clause Definition

During this semester, we have talked about numerous cases in lecture and in the readings that deal with commerce clause or have some ties to it. My paper and interpretations of the commerce clause come from the knowledge that I have gathered from lecture so far. The word commerce is controversial based on my interpretations of it. The Constitution does not explicitly define the word commerce just like the constitution does not define the word man when it comes to the requirements for running for office. Some beliefs that it refers simply to trade or exchanges while others claim that the founding fathers intended for the word commerce to mean commercial and social interactions between citizens of different states. Since there is no clear cut …show more content…
The Activity vs. inactivity line in the congress power to prohibit and interjects on state affairs draws on a slippery slope, but then activity encompasses economics, which includes taxes. The purpose of the tax is to raise money without taxes, there are certain taxes that the congress cannot enact and with states and individual activity disruption the income of taxes and revenue due to neither hotels were not providing accommodation or feeding out of state traveller then its impact the nation as a whole no matter how small it might seem. Established that Congress cannot violate individual rights, external regulation, and internal regulation was not really doing much in the sense that The federal government does not have the power any, specified in the constitution and the state has any power unless they meet a roadblock. Since the constitution grants the Congress implied powers from implementing the constitution's express powers in order to create a functional national government and since the state action may not impede valid constitutional exercises of power by the federal government it becomes difficult on where the line should be