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To: spunkets
It's clear as a bell historically also, since one of the motivations for dropping the Articles of Confederation for the Constitution was the inability to regulate interstate commerce.

Of course. There's no denying that Congress has the power to regulate interstate commerce. But production and local sales are not interstate commerce.

26 posted on 03/30/2004 7:39:32 PM PST by inquest (The only problem with partisanship is that it leads to bipartisanship)
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To: inquest
"But production and local sales are not interstate commerce."

The local production and sale has an economic effect, because it is an integral subpart of what is in total an interstate market. If it's local hot dogs, it theoretically cuts in to the interstate market. The idea is uniform rules to maintain fairness in the market and protect the rights of the individuals involved. It is no stretch to see how simple rules providing for uniformity, fairness and rights protection are valid here.

27 posted on 03/30/2004 7:50:11 PM PST by spunkets
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