Pork, The Dormant Commerce Clause, and Legislating Morality

Run time: 43 minutes

Erwin Chemerinsky and Michael McConnell recap the oral arguments in National Pork Producers v. Ross, a case about a 2018 California ballot initiative in which voters decided that the state should prohibit the in-state sale of pork from animals confined in a manner inconsistent with California standards. Listen now

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The Louisiana Purchase: Jefferson’s Constitutional Gamble

by NCC Staff | Read time: 4 minutes

"On October 20, 1803, the Senate ratified a treaty with France, promoted by President Thomas Jefferson, that doubled the size of the United States. But was Jefferson empowered to make that $15 million deal under the Constitution? ..." Read more

The First Amendment and School Library Book Policies

by Scott Bomboy | Read time: 5 minutes

"Book selections at public school libraries are back in the headlines after a new lawsuit is questioning the constitutional power of school boards to exclude certain books from student access. ..." Read more

Article I, Section 8

"The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; ..."

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