constitutional law

Commerce power refers to Congress’s power to regulate the channels and instrumentalities of interstate commerce. 

• constitutional law

Commercial speech refers to any speech that proposes a commercial transaction. As established in Central Hudson v. Public Svn. Comm’n, commercial speech is less protected under the First Amendment than other forms of speech.

Central Hudson established a four-part test for whether governmental regulation of commercial speech is constitutional.

• First Amendment
• COMMERCIAL SPEECH
• compelled speech
• compelled speech doctrine
• PROTECTED SPEECH

Condemn in a legal context refers to when a government exercises its eminent domain powers to seize private property for public use. Both local/state governments and the Federal Government have the authority to condemn property.  

Condemnation, in a legal context, refers to when a government exercises its eminent domain powers to seize private property for public use. Both local/state governments and the Federal Government have the authority to condemn property.  

A Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary License (CAURD) is a license granted by the state of New York to justice-impacted individuals or nonprofit organizations to open a legal cannabis dispensary. The licensing program aims to create economic opportunities for those previously harmed by punitive drug laws.

In a legal context, there are two primary definitions for confirmation hearing:

Confiscation is the permanent taking of a person’s property without compensation.

Conflict of laws refers to a difference between the laws of two or more jurisdictions with some connection to a case, such that the outcome depends on which jurisdiction's law will be used to resolve each issue in dispute. The conflicting legal rules may come from U.S. federal law, the laws of U.S. states, or the laws of other countries. 

Confrontation Clause refers to the provision in the Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution that "in all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right...to be confronted with the witnesses against him.”

Congressional powers refer to the authority Congress has to create legislation. These powers are enumerated, and Article I of the U.S. Constitution creates and defines the powers delegated to Congress. For more on specific congressional powers, see: