Articles related to "Interstate Commerce"

Expanding the commerce clause to regulate interstate commerce by the Congress and promote national welfare began with the precedent 1824 Steamboat Case.

The Confederate constitution was a rewrite of the U.S. Constitution from a Southern perspective.

When nearly half a million railroad workers threatened to strike and disrupt interstate commerce, Woodrow Wilson went before Congress requesting emergency legislation.

Businesses having a large number of customers can dramatically increase profits with small changes to the price. This simple economic fact led to railroad regulation.

Theodore Roosevelt's plan to place William Taft into the Presidency as a hand-picked successor did not turn out as well as he had hoped, as Taft had a mind of his own.

The Square Deal was a package of moderate reforms concerning consumer protection, conservation, and regulating trusts.

When President Harding appointed William Howard Taft to the Supreme Court in 1920, he helped him to fulfill a lifelong dream.

Beginning a new term in office, Teddy Roosevelt pushed for programs to protect the food supply, address worker problems, and promote environmental conservation.

Can anything positive come from the world of underground dog fighting?

As the economic crisis hits harder, retailers stand to lose in the battle versus the states in their claims for unused gift card value.

Although a background in automobile repair helps, a career as a diesel mechanic requires specialized training. However, it can lead to a rewarding job and career.

The American Civil War created relationships between government and business concerns that continued after the war and sparked Gilded Age industrialization.

Two additional co-defendants in federal dog fighting case set to plead guilty to charges and are expected to testify against Vick, a star NFL quarterback.

Atlanta's star quarterback receives stiff prison sentence for his involvement in a dogfighting ring run out of his former Virginia estate.

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer hired a prostitute from New York to meet him in Washington, D.C. He may have violated a 1910 law protecting women from "immoral purposes."

Newly elected President Dwight David Eisenhower found himself facing a continuing war in Korea and the beginnings of what would become the Cold War.

The first Democratic president to be elected following the American Civil War, Grover Cleveland was also the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms.

What do these two seemingly unrelated transportation pipelines have in common?

Atlanta Falcons' quarterback Michael Vick's three co-defendants are ready to testify against him if he goes to trial on federal dogfighting charges.

Tony Taylor reportedly is set to enter a guilty plea in a gruesome dogfighting case invovling star Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick.

As Falcons' QB mulls over a plea deal, feds may file more charges against the star as his co-defendants prepare to testify against him in seamy dog-fighting case.

The United States Congress is the branch of government that passes laws. The authority to do this is granted by Article I of the Constitution.

The laissez faire policies of Calvin Coolidge and Treasury Secretary Mellon led to a cycle of catastrophic economic failures resulting in the Great Depression.

Although the two major parties agreed on almost every national issue excepting the tariff, the election of 1880 introduced important issues advocated by third parties.

NFL star Michael Vick enters a guilty plea to a charge involving a grisly dogfighting ring he funded for six years, including sanctioning the killing of dogs.

The Atlanta Falcons announced Thursday that the Jacksonville Jaguars' defensive coordinator, Mike Smith, has been hired as the team's new head coach.

Jojoba oil is popularly associated with cosmetics. Numerous commercial uses of jojoba oil forecast a fierce competition for this versatile raw material.

The Second Amendment addresses gun possession. Its language gives support to advocates of strong gun controls or only limited regulation of citizen ownership.

Whig legislators Henry Clay, Abraham Lincoln, and David Crockett recognized the importance of infrastructural development in the West.

Is the Animal Welfare Act the United States' best option to save animals from cruelty or experimentation? Should Congress do more to help these unwilling subjects?