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To: Mojave

The Embargo Act regulated commerce with foreign nations, not among the states. It had nothing to do with INTERSTATE commerce.


151 posted on 10/16/2009 12:43:12 PM PDT by Huck ("He that lives on hope will die fasting"- Ben Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanac)
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To: Huck
The Embargo Act regulated commerce with foreign nations, not among the states.

"To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes"
The Constitution doesn't make your invented distinction.
153 posted on 10/16/2009 12:47:31 PM PDT by Mojave (Don't blame me. I voted for McClintock.)
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