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 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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