What was one major reason the Framers included the Commerce Clause in the Constitution?
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Correct answer: To prevent economic conflicts among states under the Articles of Confederation
Under the Articles of Confederation, states often created trade barriers and economic disputes with one another. The Commerce Clause helped create a stronger national authority over interstate trade.
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- Which landmark case gave an early broad interpretation to Congress's power under the Commerce Clause?
- What activity was at issue in Gibbons v. Ogden?
- In Gibbons v. Ogden, how did Chief Justice John Marshall define commerce?
- Which constitutional principle is closely connected to the Commerce Clause when federal law conflicts with state commercial regulations?
- During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, how did the Supreme Court often treat manufacturing in Commerce Clause cases?
- Which case limited federal power by holding that Congress could not use the Commerce Clause to regulate manufacturing monopolies directly?