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The President recently signed a bill into law which makes animal cruelty “in interstate commerce” a federal felony. Kenneth Owen has an interesting analysis of this new law under the Commerce Clause here. The New Deal-era Supreme Court greatly expanded Congressional power under the Commerce Clause in the 1930s-40s. The Rehnquist Court narrowed this powerContinue reading ““To regulate Commerce… in animal cruelty?””