Commerce Clause power
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From 317 U.S. 111 - Wickard v. Filburn · 1942Most cited · 2,721 citing opinions
even if appellee's activity be local and though it may not be regarded as commerce, it may still, whatever its nature, be reached by Congress if it exerts a substantial economic effect on interstate commerce and this irrespective of whether such effect is what might at some earlier time have been defined as 'direct' or 'indirect.