Commerce Clause and the Right To Regulate Everything

By admin | August 26, 2010

As we’ve discussed before, some of our congressmen think that the government can do anything it wants.

These misguided representatives believe they get this power from the 16 words that make up the Commerce Clause. Although most of them actually can not tell you where they think this power comes from, they simply contend that under their living document understanding of the Constitution its in there somewhere.

The Commerce Clause is contained in Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the US constitution and states that the Congress shall have the power “To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes”.

And with those few words, the current administration has nationalized banks, nationalized car companies, nationalized student loans, and are on their way to nationalizing your health care.

But, as this enlightening video on the Commerce Clause, its history, and its interpretation, points out the current flawed interpretation of the Commerce Clause that progressives continue to push, may be exactly where many of these actions, and Obamacare meet their end.