interstate commerce clause
interstate commerce clause 〈美〉(宪法的)州际商业条款(→commerce clause)
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Dormant Commerce Clause
The constitutional principle that the Commerce Clause prevents state regulation of interstate commercial activity even when Congress has not acted under its Commerce Clause power to regulate that activity. — Also termed Negative Commerce Clause. [Cases: Commerce 10. C.J.S. Commerce § 14.]
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Commerce Clause
U.S. Const. art. I, § 8, cl. 3, which gives Congress the exclusive power to regulate commerce among the states, with foreign nations, and with Indian tribes. [Cases: Commerce 4–6. C.J.S. Commerce §§ 2–3, 5–7.]
commerce clause
Commerce Clause. U.S. Const. art. I, § 8, cl. 3, which gives Congress the exclusive power to regulate commerce among the states, with foreign nations, and with Indian tribes. [Cases: Commerce 4–6. C.J.S. Commerce §§ 2–3, 5–7.] Dormant Commerce Clause. The constitutional principle that the Commerce Clause prevents state regulation of interstate commercial activity even
commerce clause
commerce clause 〈美〉商业条款 指美国宪法第一条第八款第三项。该条款授权国会排他地管理对外贸易〔commerce with foreign nations〕、州际商业〔commerce among the several states〕和同印第安部落的商业〔commerce with Indian tribes〕。相当数量的联邦法律和条例是依据该条款制定的。
market participant doctrine
market-participant doctrine. The principle that, under the Commerce Clause, a state does not discriminate against interstate commerce by acting as a buyer or seller in the market, by operating a proprietary enterprise, or by subsidizing private business. • Under the Dormant Commerce Clause principle, the Commerce Clause — art. I, § 8, cl. 3 of
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ination by Congress
ination by Congress 〈美〉无国会立法 根据美国宪法商业条款〔commerce clause〕的规定，对外贸和州际商务〔foreign and interstate commerce〕的政府管理权专属于美国国会，州无权直接干预，原因在于该领域本质具有全国性，必须规范，应由同一权力机关制定统一规定，使各州一致。假使国会不行使其立法权，国会的沉默即意味着宣布特定领域的州际商业免除政府规制，州无权进行干预，但如果某事项纯粹为地方事务，本质上适宜由州为地方需要而制定正当规范，即使其可能与州际商业有关，国会也尚无立法并不能认定该州立法侵犯了国会的专属立法权。
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cumulative effects doctrine
cumulative-effects doctrine. The rule that a transaction affecting interstate commerce in a trivial way may be taken together with other similar transactions to establish that the combined effect on interstate commerce is not trivial and can therefore be regulated under the Commerce Clause. [Cases: Commerce 7(2). C.J.S. Commerce § 6.]
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granger cases
Granger Cases (grayn-j[schwa]r). Six U.S. Supreme Court decisions that affirmed the government’s right to regulate fees charged by common carriers, warehouses, and grain elevators. • The cases, decided in 1876, arose out of grangers’ (i.e., farmers’) frustration with the inflated prices they were paying to store and transport their agricultural products. Several state legislatures passed