Clauses Quote by Clarence Thomas

Congress has broad powers to regulate and control commerce. Congress also cannot force a state to 'un-decriminalize' something; states' rights are routinely upheld by…

— Matt Gaetz

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

— Alex Epstein

For the power given to Congress by the Constitution does not extend to the internal regulation of the commerce of a State (that is…

— Thomas Jefferson

If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is no longer…

— James Madison

The powers of the federal government are enumerated; it can only operate in certain cases; it has legislative powers on defined and limited objects,…

— James Madison

[T]he vast regulatory structure the federal government has erected in the name of the commerce power cannot be ended overnight, in many cases, but…

— Roger Pilon

The regulation of commerce, it is true, is a new power; but that seems to be an addition which few oppose and from which…

— James Madison

Politicians love regulating. That's part of the whole power structure.

— Clint Eastwood

Conflicting commercial regulations of the different States shackled and diminished both foreign and domestic trade; hence the power to regulate commerce was conferred.

— Robert Toombs

Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution, of course, lays out the delegated, enumerated, and therefore limited powers of Congress. Only through a deliberate…

— Ed Crane

Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated.

— Thomas Jefferson

Congress doesn't regulate Wall Street. Wall Street regulates Congress.

— Bernie Sanders