Jim operates Jim's Fruits & Vegetables, a small market stocked entirely with produce grown on his adjacent farm. Under what clause of the Constitution can the federal government regulate Jim's activities? What is Jim's best argument against federal regulation of his farm and business?


Under the commerce clause, at least in theory, Congress has the power to regulate any activity—interstate or intrastate—that affects interstate commerce. Thus, under that clause, it could be argued that the farmer's growing and selling of produce is subject to federal regulation because these activities affect interstate commerce. The farmer-vendor's best argument against federal regulation of his farm and business in this problem might be that in his case these activities and their effects are purely local. But because of the economic character of these activities, and hence their effect on interstate commerce, however minimal and de-spite their local character, it is unlikely that a court would accept this argument.

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