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Note that regulating air travel is also not listed in the Constitution as an authority of the federal government.
by baddox 8y ago
Note that regulating air travel is also not listed in the Constitution as an authority of the federal government.
- cr1895 8y agoInterstate commerce is though, right?
- nybble41 8y agoOnly because at the time that clause was written no one expected the relatively benign power to "make interstate commerce regular", i.e. to facilitate trade between the states, to be used as cover for absolutely any kind of interference in state affairs Washington can dream up—including actions which actively inhibit trade, or have precious little to do with interstate commerce in the first place—in preference to actually useful things like standardizing weights and measures and curbing fraud.