The facts
This farmer sued after being penalized under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938.
Who is Roscoe Filburn?
This was the year the Supreme Court decided Wickard v. Filburn
What is 1942?
The decision in Wickard v. Filburn gave this kind of reading to Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause.
What is a broad reading?
Filburn grew this crop beyond his quota, triggering the federal penalty.
What is wheat?
This provoked the installation of the 1938 Agriculture Adjustment Act
What is The Great Depression?
The Court said home-grown wheat affects the market because it replaces purchases from this kind of market.
What is the open market?
Filburn’s extra wheat was mainly used for this purpose rather than being sold.
What is his personal use
The Court said that Congress can step in on a state matter if, and only if, it has the potential to have this effect.
What is a substantial economic effect?
What is market price?
The federal wheat quotas Filburn violated were part of this New Deal–era law.
What is the Agricultural Adjustment Act?
Writing for the majority, this justice explained that even home-grown wheat for personal use could still be regulated if, in the aggregate, it affected the national wheat market.
Who is Justice Jackson?
The case showed that Congress can regulate not just the movement of goods across state lines, but also local activities if and only if they do this thing.
What is significantly affect interstate commerce?