The most broad-ranging power of the federal government has become the Commerce Clause. This part of Article I, Section 8 allows Congress “to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the ...

WASHINGTON —When the Supreme Court upheld the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the justices said next to nothing about racial equality, the ideal that drove the landmark law's enactment. Instead, the court ...

The Annenberg Classroom released a new film about the Constitution’s Commerce Clause that will be showcased at teacher workshop events throughout the year. The project — an initiative by the Annenberg ...

[Update 4/27 - This posting has generated an unusually vigorous and enlightening discussion in the Comments section. Recommended reading.] The argument, while plausible enough, strikes me as misguided ...