Interstate Commerce (Wickard v. Filburn)

Interstate Commerce: Congress ability to regulate→

1. Channels of interstate commerce

   • highway, rivers, rail roads, air space, internet, etc.

2. instrumentalities, persons, things

3. local activities that in the aggregate substantially effect interstate commerce

Wickard v. Filburn

• congress passed a law called agricultural adjustment act

  • part set a quota on how much wheat each farmer could grow

  • trying to regulate price of wheat

• Filburn plants more than regulation and congress tries to fine him but he says he is not selling it across state and he just uses it for himself

• Filburn does not win this case

Wickard rule: congress gains powers to regulate state powers