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Quotation from National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius by Supreme Court of the United States
“THE CHIEF JUSTICE's crabbed reading of the Commerce Clause harks back to the era in which the Court routinely thwarted Congress' efforts to regulate the national economy in the interest of those who labor to sustain it.”
National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, Opinion of Justice Ginsburg, concurring in part and dissenting in part (excerpt), Part I (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Justice Ginsburg, joined by Justice Sotomayor and in this part by Justices Breyer and Kagan, compares the Chief Justice's reasoning to the Lochner era.
Citation: "THE CHIEF JUSTICE's crabbed reading of the Commerce Clause harks back to the era in which the Court routinely thwarted Congress' efforts to regulate the national economy in the interest of those who labor to sustain it." — Supreme Court of the United States, National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, Opinion of Justice Ginsburg, concurring in part and dissenting in part (excerpt), Part I (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id nfib-v-sebelius-q3)
Portrait: Official roberts CJ, Steve Petteway, Public domain.
