... around its commerce power. The government's emphasis was on assistance, promotion, and encouragement. Since the 1930's, the national government has expanded into interstate matters. The article 1, section 8 of the constitution delegates to Congress the power, to regulate commerce. The first and most important case favoring national power over the economy was ... lay and collect taxes, and to regulate commerce. This nationalistic interpretation of the Constitution was reinforced by another major case, that of Gibbons v. Ogden. The issue in this case was whether the State of New York coul...

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