Dating back to the 1770s, there has been a significant amount of support for strong national powers by our nation’s government in regards to interstate commerce. The scope of the Commerce Clause outlines that, “Congress shall have power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes” (Art. I, S. 8, Cl. 3). Interstate commerce encompasses any work involving or related to the movement of persons or materials across state lines or from foreign…
The Most Favored Nation clause refers to a level of status given to a country by another and is enforced by the World Trade Organization. When a nation grants this clause to its trading partner, it means that the state seeks to increase trade with the other country. Through Most Favored Nation countries can offer each other specific trading advantages such as reduced tariffs, fewer trade barriers, and better import quotas (Acconci, 2005). These are also the factors that countries consider when…
In the following pages, I will provide one contract and six clauses for establishing effective communication strategies within my workplace. This document is primarily based on research by Birgitta Dresp-Langely (2009) regarding the ground clauses for ethical communication. In addition to the ethical contract, information throughout this proposal will incorporate clauses discussed in psychological contracts. In doing so, I aim cover all grounds necessary for effective interpersonal communication…
General Duty Clause In this paper I will be talking about the General Duty Clause according to OSHA. As I have stated before this is my first OSHA class so writing this paper has taught me a plethora of things I had no clue existed. I will be informing you about what OSHA and the General Duty Clause is, the effect on construction companies, and lastly I will be informing you of a case regarding the General Duty Clause. What Is It OSHA stand for the Occupational Safety and Health…
opposition of the legality of the state of Colorado’s legalization of recreational marijuana. The constitutionality of Congress being able to regulate recreational marijuana under the Controlled Substance Act of 1970, as well as the use of the Commerce Clause, is something that the court system needs to intensely scrutinize. Looking back at the precedents that have been set throughout the history of the Supreme Court, such as “Wickard V. Filburn (1942),” “Gonzalez V. Raich (2005),” “Gibbons V.…
Chapter 2 Theoretical Framework and Literature Review Many scholars have been discussing the meaning of language and defined it through different ways. According to Bloomfield (1914) language is the system of signs controlled by structural rules which relate the signs to its meanings, N. Chomsky (1996) defined it as a group of sentences which fixed in length and buildup of limited set of parts .other scholars such as E. Sapir (1921), R.A Hall (1968), R.H Robins (1979), have defined it as a…
personally don’t have a problem with an arbitration clause per say, I am mindful when a company tries to belittle the consumer by flexing their corporate muscle. 1. The problem arises when everyone is having the same issues or problems with the company and nothing can be done to find a solution to fix the problem without looking for a loophole. As in the Federal Communications Commission with AT&T, people couldn’t get around the arbitration clause, so they banned together to file complaints…
Mandate. In the opinion of the court, Justice Roberts wrote that “the commerce power… does not authorize the mandate”. However, the case did not stop there. Justice Roberts goes on to say “[t]hat is not the end of the matter. Because the Commerce Clause does not support the individual mandate, it is necessary to turn to the Government’s second argument: that the mandate may be upheld as within Congress’s enumerated power to ‘lay and collect Taxes.’ Art. I, §8, cl. 1.” The court ended up…
The world is never at peace; there is always some type of battle occurring whether it be mental, verbal, or physical. However, many of these battles are preventable. This is portrayed in John Knowles’ novel, A Separate Peace, a story about two boys, Gene and Phineas, and their path to adulthood during World War II. By struggling through life’s obstacles, the boys slowly begin to mature. Knowles incorporates elegant and choppy syntax to illustrate that the creation of inner conflicts results in a…
with the Indian Tribes.” This is otherwise known as the “Dormant Commerce Clause” and it gives the Congress power to regulate interstate commerce, a right that the states should have. It is up to every individual state to decide what goods they let in, not the Congress. They shouldn’t have any power over the interactions of different states or the interactions of states with Native Americans. The Necessary and Proper Clause states that the Congress has the flexibility to make laws or to act…