1361, 31 L.Ed.2d 636. Facts of the Case • Plaintiff sues Town of Clarkstown, N.Y. for flow control ordinance requiring all nonhazardous material to be deposited in local transfer station; thus infringing on the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution. • The Commerce Clause is a grant of power to Congress that invalidates local laws that impose commercial barriers or discriminates against an article of commerce by reason of its origin or destination out of State. • The Defendant, Town of
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restraint on trade or violation of the Commerce Clause of the Constitution and the Necessary and Proper Clause. The Commerce Clause is an enumerated power listed in the United States Constitution. The Clause states that the United States Congress has the power “To regulate Commerce with Foreign Nations and among several states and Indian Tribes “The Commerce Clause Power is often amplified by the Necessary and Proper Clause which states the Commerce Clause power and all of the other enumerated powers
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around Confusion. It would potentially affect the surrounding states trade. Confusion's statue of making all truckers switching to the appropriate hitch is comparable to Confusion charging an import duty to drive through the state. " The Commerce Clause authorizes Congress to regulate commerce in order to ensure that the flow of interstate commerce is free from local restraints imposed by various states" (thefreedictionary.com). If congress determines the
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English 394 Seeing the World Differently: An Analysis of “When the Light Gets Green” Robert Penn Warren’s short story “When the Light Gets Green” is full of interesting images and themes. We led by a young boy who is looking back at an important period in his life. It is time that a child loses his innocence. The critic Paul West put it best when he said that “Most of Warren’s best stories are painful, guilt-ridden commemorations of some young person’s rites of passage.” This story is
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instead of “He’d” which is more informal. Heaven or Hell is targeted at a teenage male audience who become gripped by the powerful descriptions and breath-taking scenes of war. To appeal to this audience I have used semantics in the subordinate clause, “The thorns ripping into his flesh like splinters of glass.” This simile distinguishes that the audience is for young, teenage males because they love the suspense and fear that death and failure is so
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1. Richard and Suzanne Williams owned Sycamore City Cheese Co. Sycamore City sold its products to three major customers that used the cheese as a “filler” to blend into their cheeses. In 1982, Mark Case, a certified public accountant, became Sycamore City’s accountant and the Williams’ personal accountant. The Williams had known Case since he was seven years old, and even before he became their accountant, he knew the details of Sycamore City’s business. Case’s duties went beyond typical accounting
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business can now have permission to travel on the interstate in the state of Confusion. Tanya Trucker could file a claim in a federal court based on an unconstitutional restraint on trade or violation of the Commerce Clause of the Constitution. The Commerce Clause, Article I Section 8 Clause 3 of the Constitution of the United States, grants Congress the power “To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes” (Lawnix, n.d.). According to The Legal Information
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In United States v. Lopez (1995), the Supreme Court ruled that Congress had exceeded its constitutional authority under the Commerce Clause when it passed a law prohibiting gun possession in local school zones. The case arose out of the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990, which made it a federal offense "for any individual knowingly to possess a firearm at a place that the individual knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, is a school zone." Alfonso Lopez Jr., a high school senior, was convicted
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federal court if there is diversity of citizenship” (p. 41). Because this case will have a federal question because Tanya Trucker could file her lawsuit against the State of Confusion for violating the commerce clause under the U.S. Constitution. Cheeseman (2010) stated “The Commerce Clause gives the federal government the authority to regulate the interstate commerce.” The U.S. Supreme Court has handled numerous case, but one particular case is the Southern Pacific Co. v. Arizona, 325 U.S
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