Gibbons v. Ogden · ¶33

It is the power to regulate; that is-, to prescribe the rule by which c.ommerce is to be governed, This power, like all others vested in Congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, arid acknowledges no limitations, other than are prescribed in the constitution. These are. expressed in plain terms, and do not affect the questions which arise in this case, or which have been discussed at the bar. If, as has always been. • * understood, the sovereignty of Congress, though limited to specified objects, is plenary as to those objects, the power over commerce with foreign’ná-tions, and among the several States, is vested'in Congress as absolutely as it would be in a single government, having in its constitution the same restrictions on the exercise of the powér as are found, in the constitution of the United States. The.wisdom and the discretion of Congress, their…

U. S. Reports, bound volume
U. S. Reports, volume 22, at 1 (Library of Congress) · transcription: Caselaw Access Project
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