Running head: STATE AND FEDERAL STATUTES

STATE AND FEDERAL STATUTES

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Question one

An example of a federal statute which influences trade is the federal trade commission, which

was established in the year 1914 with the objective of preventing unfair methods of competition

in business or commerce. Congress has continued to establish different policies, which gives the

agency substantial authority to control anti-competitive practices in business and commerce. In

the year 1938, the Congress also passed another law which was aimed at prohibiting deceptive or

unfair practices or acts in commerce. The commission has been entitled to the role of

administering a wide variety of the customer laws comprising of pay per call rule, equal

opportunity credit, and telemarketing sales rule. The goals of the federal statute comprise of;

consumer protection, maintaining competition, and advance organizational performance.

https://www.usa.gov/federal-agencies/federal-trade-commission

Question two

An example of the state statute, which influences commerce is the consumer protection act. The

consumer protection Act was established with the objective of ensuring that the of the consumers

were upheld, this Act was also made to enhance the protection of consumer rights in commerce,

fair trade, competition and that the consumers were able to access accurate information regarding

the marketplace. This law was also established to deter business which is involved in specified

unfair practices or fraud from gaining an advantage over their competitors.

https://www.justia.com/consumer/consumer-protection-law/

Question three
STATE AND FEDERAL STATUTES

Gonzales v. Raich, this was a case which resulted to a decision by the Supreme Court whereby it

ruled the commerce clause of the united states the congress was authorized to interdict the

production as well as the utilization of homegrown cannabis regardless of whether the state law

allows utilization of cannabis for medicinal purposes. In this case, the state court ratified the

utilization of cannabis for medicinal purposes. Angel Raich, who was the Defendant, in this case,

was using the homegrown cannabis for medical purposes, which was legitimate under California

law even though it was illegal under federal law.

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/545/1/

Question four

Gibbons v. Ogden,

This was a state case influencing commerce on the internet; this case was a milestone decision in

which the United States Supreme Court decided that the commerce clause had issued power to

the Congress so that it could regulate or control interstate commerce, it was also decided that this

power circumscribed regulation of navigation. The case was argued by a group of America's who

most admired and mastery attorneys at the time. The court ruled this case in favor of Gibbons;

the reason is that Congress had the right to control commerce within the interstate. The sole in

this case decided that the commerce clause was the source of Congress's power to enforce the

law at issue.

https://www.oyez.org/cases/1789-1850/22us1
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