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It's Getting Hot In Herre. California Senate Bill 1368 And The Dormant Commerce Clause, Andrew F. Adams
It's Getting Hot In Herre. California Senate Bill 1368 And The Dormant Commerce Clause, Andrew F. Adams
San Diego Journal of Climate & Energy Law
This Article addresses whether S.B. 1368 could hold up to a Commerce Clause challenge in three stages. Part II discuses the dormant Commerce Clause and how it is applied to state laws that potentially affect interstate commerce. It explains the history and development of the concept and fleshes out the two-step test that exists today: (1) courts determine whether a law is facially discriminatory; (2) if not, courts apply a test that weighs the respective burdens and benefits of the law. Part II also discusses the different ways in which many of the current Supreme Court Justices interpret and apply …