Regulating commerce among the several states is one of the enumerated powers the original states gave to the federal government in 1787.
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"--- the power of Congress to "well-regulate" commerce among the states does not include the power to forbid or prohibit commerce.
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-Barnett-
The power to regulate v. the power to prohibit
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