Law School for Everyone

Jeff Milton, retired attorney, will lead discussion relevant to what is happening in our courts today and show a brief video presentation from Great Courses. This month’s topic is “Congress and the Commerce Clause Today” Turn now to the ways the Commerce Clause has been interpreted in the decades since the New Deal era. Discover how the Court expanded Congress’s power still further in Wickard v. Filburn, and how the Court revisited the Commerce Clause in cases addressing a variety of pressing social issues, including racial segregation and affordable health care.