Handout C: Commerce Clause Timeline
Directions:
Place a dot and the corresponding number for each of the events listed below in the correct position on the graph. Then draw a line to connect the dots to indicate the historical trend with respect to the power of the national government based on the Commerce Clause rulings.
- Hammer v. Dagenhart, 1918
- Early New Deal Legislation
- New Deal Legislation after 1937
- Post-New Deal Legislation regulating a wide range of activities
- U.S. v. Lopez, 1995
- U.S. v. Morrsion, 2000
- Gonzalez v. Raich, 2005
- NFIB v. Sebelius, 2012