Newberry v. United States, 256 U.S. 232 (1921) (No. 559)
1921
Case name: Newberry v. United States Opinion filed: 1921-05-02 Docket No.: 559 Citations: • 256 U.S. 232 • 41 S. Ct. 469 • 65 L. Ed. 913 • 1921 U.S. LEXIS 1632 Case holding summaries: • "It is settled . . . that the power to regulate interstate and foreign commerce does not reach whatever is essential thereto. Without agriculture, manufacturing, mining, etc., commerce could not exist, but this fact does not suffice to subject them to the control of Congress" • holding that an act of Congress establishing the maximum sum which a candidate for Congress might spend to procure his nomination was an unconstitutional addition to the Constitution's exclusive list of qualifications for the office • "We cannot conclude that authority to control party primaries or conventions for designating candidates was bestowed on Congress by the grant of power to regulate the manner of holding elections." • "As finally submitted and adopted the [Seventeenth Amendment] does not undertake to modify article 1, § 4, the source of congressional power to regulate the times, places and manner of holding elections."
