The Commerce Clause

Eras of the Commerce Clause

  • The 1st Era: Defining the Commerce Clause

    1824 — 1890s

  • The 2nd Era: A Limited Federal Commerce Power

    1890s — 1937

  • The 3rd Era: Broad Federal Commerce Power

    1937 — 1990s

  • The 4th Era: Narrowing Commerce Power & Revival of the Tenth Amendment

    1990s — Present

Cases

  • Gibbons v. Ogden

    22 U.S. (9 Wheat.) 1 (1824)

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