[Y]ou wonder why anyone would make the mistake of calling…

The Supreme Court, in 2005, emphasized and contrasted the great power of Congress under the Commerce Clause to regulate interstate commerce versus much more…

— Barbara Ann Radnofsky

The attack on ObamaCare was that Congress does not have the power under the Commerce Clause to force a private citizen into a private…

— John Podhoretz

The logic is often far-fetched - how does medical marijuana affect interstate commerce? - and some conservatives would like judges to start throwing out…

— Michael Kinsley

It is very certain that [the commerce clause] grew out of the abuse of the power by the importing States in taxing the non-importing,…

— James Madison

“In the case that upheld the second AAA, Wickard v. Filburn, (1942), a farmer had been fined for planting 23 acres of wheat, instead…

— Barry M. Goldwater

Conservatives who believe that the Constitution should be interpreted according to the plain meaning of its language and the original intent of the Framers…

— David Limbaugh

The Commerce Clause has already been inflated so much that we basically can't do anything without the government's permission.

— Alex Epstein

If Congress can regulate this under the Commerce Clause, then it can regulate virtually anything-and the Federal Government is no longer one of limited…

— Clarence Thomas

Political courage requires clarity. The Obama Administration chose the tortured route of arguing the legality of the individual mandate via the interstate commerce clause…

— Joe Klein

I have very deep concern about the legacy of the Rehnquist court and its efforts to restrict congressional authority to enact legislation by adopting…

— Dianne Feinstein

“The Supreme Court upheld the law in the 2012 decision of National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, but not because it believed the…

— Brion T. McClanahan

The Supreme Court has never ruled that Congress can use the Commerce Clause to require individuals to engage in an activity they have chosen…

— John Cornyn

“Some people incorrectly assume that a survival clause means that the representations are made or brought down on a continuing basis. This is inconsistent…

— Charles M. Fox

Money is speech. It's incongruous to say a multimillionaire can spend as much on his own campaign as he wants, but you can only…

— Roger Stone

I would have had a clause in my contract; I would've definitely put some fine print in my contract that said, "If the president…

— Joe Budden