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Except the parent is wrong, the federal government limits states in matters of commerce, the bulk of which would be conducted interstate, not intrastate. State
by Packeteer 13y ago
Except the parent is wrong, the federal government limits states in matters of commerce, the bulk of which would be conducted interstate, not intrastate.
States cannot limit the prosecution of commerce outside itself. It was an attempt to limit state rivalries, such as Texas telling Other states it had to pay a premium to use its ports.
- TheCoelacanth 13y agoI believe "state" here was used in the generic sense to refer to any organized political entity rather than the 50 states that make up the US.
- Packeteer 13y agoExcept he didn't say "state", he said "states" which does mean the 50 states that make up the US.
- chappi42 13y agoI'm no english native speaker, meant state in plural, sorry.
- Packeteer 13y agoWell, when someone refers to states, they mean the 50 US states if they are speaking of US law, otherwise they would refer to it differently. Moving on.
- TheCoelacanth 13y agoUh, no. States is just the plural of state. It can just as easily refer to generic political entities as to the specific 50 political entities that make up the US.