[tacticalogic]

But the fact that children are being used to manufacture the commerce that ships interstate, provides Congress with the nexus and the authority to regulate.

Is there really any requirement for the commerce being manufactured (putting aside the obvious problems with the idea of "manufacturing commerce") to actually be shipped interstate for Congress to assume authority to regulate it?

[robertpaulsen]

"Is there really any requirement for the commerce being manufactured (putting aside the obvious problems with the idea of "manufacturing commerce") to actually be shipped interstate for Congress to assume authority to regulate it?"

Requirement? It's the definition.

Congress does not have the power, under the Commerce Clause, to regulate commerce unless it's "among the several states".