the power to regulate interstate commerce.
railroads.
The power to regulate interstate commerce.
In 1887, the first regulatory agency, the Interstate Commerce Commission, was created to regulate monopolistic pricing policies of railroads.
First: Congress may regulate the use of the channels of interstate commerceSecond: Congress is empowered to regulate and protect the instrumentalities of interstate commerce, or persons or things in interstate commerce, even though the threat may come only from intrastate activitiesThird: Congress' commerce authority includes the power to regulate those activities having a substantial relation to interstate commerce... i. e., those activities that substantially affect interstate commerce
Congress cannot regulate intrastate commerce or commerce within a state. The U. S. Congress regulates interstate commerce or that between two states.
Congress's commerce power is Congress's power to regulate commerce. This means regulating the items, instrumentalities, and systems of interstate commerce.
Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution assigns that authority to Congress in the "Interstate Commerce Clause."
Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution assigns that authority to Congress in the "Interstate Commerce Clause."
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroads
The interstate commerce commission was established to regulate railroads. It was meant to eliminate rate discrimination and make sure fair rates were being used.
Congress could not regulate foreign and interstate commerce.