Economic Liberty and The Constitution Blog Series: #2 - Unbridled Expansion of the Commerce Clause By Bordon Smith on August 01, 2011
The Commerce Clause is an enumerated power found in Article 1 section 8 of the Constitution and was a means of separating power from the President, but through the years Congress and the courts have manipulated the intention of the Commerce Clause. The Founding Fathers feared too much power being in the hands of any one branch of the government and were determined to prevent our elected officials from becoming a ruling class. The only flaw with the logic of the Founding Fathers was underestimating how those who replaced them would distort a clause meant to limit government power into one providing Congress with virtually limitless power. A small amount of time and research affirms that the concept of States’ rights, once championed by our Founders, was forgotten no more than 40 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Read More...