Business Quote by Roger Pilon

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

Most of the federal government could be shut down.

— Milo Yiannopoulos

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

— Alex Epstein

If the law is upheld only by government officials, then all law is at an end.

— Herbert Hoover

Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted…

— John Marshall

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

I don't believe there is any constitutional or statutory authority for any president to shut down Mississippi's economy.

— Tate Reeves

Questions of such gravity go down to the very foundations of the government. If the provisions of the Constitution can be set aside by…

— Stephen Johnson Field

There should be a law that you can't shut down the government - that you don't have that power.

— Lewis Black

“No social legislation can ever be final. Economic conditions are in a constant state of fluctuation, and periods of tranquility are followed by renewed…

— Joseph Casper Husslein

Congress no longer declares war or makes budgets. So that's the end of the constitution as a working machine.

— Gore Vidal

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