Congress does not have the expertise to fully regulate all subject, therefore it transfers some of its authority to an agency that does.
The constitutional authority of Congress to forbid discrimination in employment is based on the power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce.
From the power to regulate commerce.
From the power to regulate commerce.
study island: it gave Congress the authority to override state law to regulate commerce
The spending, regulation of foreign trade, and war power!
Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution assigns that authority to Congress in the "Interstate Commerce Clause."
Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution assigns that authority to Congress in the "Interstate Commerce Clause."
commerce clause
congress cannot pass a law for the government of the territories which shall prohibit the free exercise of religion
Under the commerce clause of the Constitution, Congress has the power to regulate interstate commerce. Because of the vast increase in the movement of goods and services within and between the states since the Constitution was written, this has given the government very broad regulatory authority under Supreme Court decisions. Today that authority is used to regulate cars, the Internet, and much else.
First: Congress may regulate the use of the channels of interstate commerceSecond: Congress is empowered to regulate and protect the instrumentalities of interstate commerce, or persons or things in interstate commerce, even though the threat may come only from intrastate activitiesThird: Congress' commerce authority includes the power to regulate those activities having a substantial relation to interstate commerce... i. e., those activities that substantially affect interstate commerce