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by dctoedt 789 days ago
> Where in Article I Section 8 does the Constitution grant that power?

The Commerce Clause, when interpreted expansively — as federal courts have largely done. (We'll see what happens with the 6-3 conservative majority of this SCOTUS incarnation.)

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They've actually gone through different eras of interpreting expansively or restrictively.