commerce power
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 304 U.S. 144 - United States v. Carolene Products Co. · 1938Most cited · 3,103 citing opinions
The power to regulate commerce is the power 'to prescribe the rule by which commerce is to be governed,' and extends to the prohibition of shipments in such commerce. The power 'is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations, other than are prescribed in the Constitution.
How often courts cite the cases defining “commerce power”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “commerce power” — 3,707 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1938–1942
The commerce power is not confined in its exercise to the regulation of commerce among the states. It extends to those activities intrastate which so affect interstate commerce, or the exertion of the power of Congress over it, as to make regulation of them appropriate means to the attainment of a legitimate end, the effective execution of the granted power to regulate interstate commerce
intrastate reach