The United States Constitution gives very specific powers to congress. These powers are very limited and are each enumerated in the text of the Constitution. One of the powers is “[t]o regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes” (Article I, Section 8). This is the only reference in the constitution that speaks about commerce. The Tenth Amendment states that “[t]he powers not delegated to the United …showed first 75 words of 1286 total…

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