In a film produced by the Annenberg Public Policy Center’s Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics, Professor Kermit Roosevelt, member of CERL’s Affiliated Faculty, discusses a section of the U.S. Constitution known as the Commerce Clause, which gives Congress regulatory power over commercial activity among states and foreign nations. The clause plays a critical role in defining the relationship between state and federal authority.  

Kermit Roosevelt is the David Berger Professor for the Administration of Justice at Penn Carey Law. He is also a member of CERL’s Affiliated Faculty. Read his bio here. 

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