#interstate

The logic is often far-fetched - how does medical marijuana affect interstate commerce? - and some conservatives would like judges to start throwing out federal laws wholesale on commerce clause grounds. The court once again said no thanks. ↗

— Michael Kinsley

#again #clause #commerce #conservatives #court

Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything. ↗

— Charles Kuralt

#across #anything #coast #country #highway

The federal government neither has the power to site transmission lines, nor do we build them. That's done, as people know, in their own communities. The siting decisions and the permitting is done at the local level, or by state governments if it's interstate in nature. And federal government - this is one area we have no authority. ↗

— Spencer Abraham

#authority #build #communities #decisions #done

I regret to say that we of the FBI are powerless to act in cases of oral-genital intimacy, unless it has in some way obstructed interstate commerce. ↗

— J. Edgar Hoover

#cases #commerce #fbi #i #interstate

Discount air fares, a car in every parking space and the interstate highway system have made every place accessible - and every place alike. ↗

— Ronald Steel

#air #alike #car #discount #every

Simply put, broadband voice is an interstate matter that must be dealt with through clear national standards. ↗

— John Sununu

#clear #dealt #interstate #matter #must

The fact is, the media never gets off the interstate unless there's a major explosion. ↗

— Jim Harrison

#fact #gets #interstate #major #media