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General Discussion => Alternative History => Topic started by: darklordoftech on October 23, 2019, 09:22:16 PM



Title: If the Commerce Clause allowed Federal regulation of in-state commerce
Post by: darklordoftech on October 23, 2019, 09:22:16 PM
Would there have been an 18th Amendment, or would that have been unnecesary?


Title: Re: If the Commerce Clause allowed Federal regulation of in-state commerce
Post by: True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자) on October 24, 2019, 05:55:18 PM
If the Commerce Clause had circa 1800 been interpreted as broadly as it later was, there would've been an amendment similar to or part of the 12th Amendment that would've explicitly barred Federal regulation of intraState commerce in any manner whatsoever.