http://www.oyez.org/cases/1851-1900/1887/ U.S. Supreme Court Decisions, presented by The Oyez Project (www.oyez.org) en-us <p>Was the state law in conflict with the power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce?</p><p>There is no conflict and the state law is valid. The Court erected a distinction between manufacture and commerce. The state law regulated manufacturing only. The justices feared that a broad view of commerce that would embrace manufacturing would also embrace the power to regulate "every branch of human industry." The distinction proved untenable but it took nearly a half-century to erase its pernicious consequences.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1851-1900/1887/1887_779/ <p>Does the Kansas law violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?</p><p>According to Harlan, the Kansas prohibition does not infringe on Fourteenth Amendment rights. Though Mugler has an abstract right to make liquor for his own use, such a right could be conditioned on its effect on others. Here the state legislature may exercise its police powers.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1851-1900/1887/1887_0/