...society that conclusion should not be disquieting. The exercise of such power is restrained only by the "wisdom and the discretion of Congress, their...the influence which their constituents possess at clwtions. * * » They are the restraints on which the people must often rely si'lely. in all representative...

...persons, and the transmission of messages by telegraph. They also show that the power to regulate commerce among the several states is vested in congress as...power as are found in the constitution of the United States; that such power is plenary, complete in itself, and may be exercised by congress to its utmost...

...Congress, though limited to specified objects, is plenary as to those objects, the power over commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, is...the influence which their constituents possess at election, are, in this. - 3 as in many other instances, as that, for example, of declaring war, the...

...specified objects, is plenary as to those objects, the power over commerce with foreign nations, nnd among the several States, is vested in Congress as...power as are found in the Constitution of the United States." * Contrast this definition of the commerce power with that of the treaty power given by Judge...

...commerce with foreign nations, nnd among the several States, is vested in Congress ns absolutely ns it would be in a single government, having in its...the same restrictions on the exercise of the power ns arc found in the Constitution of the United States." * Contrast this definition of the commerce...

...of a public policy which is dictated by their several peculiar needs. "The power over commerce with foreign nations and among the several states is vested...constitution the same restrictions on the exercise of power as are found in the Constitution of the United States." Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheat. 1, 6 L. Ed....

...Congress, though limited to specified objects, is plenary as to those objects, the power over commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, is...power as are found in the constitution of the United States. 44 It follows therefore that "plenary" powers were understood by Chief Justice Marshall to...

...action. He asserted that the commerce power extended to incidents of trade, such as navigation, and was "vested in Congress as absolutely as it would be in a single government." Furthermore, he argued that the power could not be stopped "at the external boundary line of each state."...

...Congress, though limited to specified objects, is plenary as to those objects, the power over commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, is...power as are found in the Constitution of the United States.i7 With this holding, the Court rejected "the Tenth Amendment as an active principle of limitation."...

...that because the "sovereignty of Congress" is plenary as to its objects, "the power over commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, is...absolutely as it would be in a single government. . . ." Were that true, the commerce power would be as exclusive as the treaty power or war powers and...