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The commerce clause was intended to create a free trade zone between the states, which at that time were engaging in trade wars with each other. Then it was mi
by MockObject 6y ago
The commerce clause was intended to create a free trade zone between the states, which at that time were engaging in trade wars with each other.
Then it was misinterpreted in Wickard to permit nearly limitless power to Congress.
So yes, in a new Constitution we would want a commerce clause, and we would want it never to be interpreted in such a manner.