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Quotation from NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. by Supreme Court of the United States
“Undoubtedly the scope of this power must be considered in the light of our dual system of government and may not be extended so as to embrace effects upon interstate commerce so indirect and remote that to embrace them, in view of our complex society, would effectually obliterate the distinction between what is national and what is local and create a completely centralized government.”
NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp., Opinion of the Court (Chief Justice Hughes) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Chief Justice Hughes sets an outer limit on the commerce power immediately after stating its reach.
Citation: "Undoubtedly the scope of this power must be considered in the light of our dual system of government and may not be extended so as to embrace effects upon interstate commerce so indirect and remote that to embrace them, in view of our complex society, would effectually obliterate the distinction between what is national and what is local and create a completely centralized government." — Supreme Court of the United States, NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp., Opinion of the Court (Chief Justice Hughes) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id nlrb-v-jones-and-laughlin-steel-q3)
Portrait: Charles Evans Hughes cph.3b15401 (3x4a), Underwood & Underwood, Public domain.
