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Re-decided holding: The FAA §1 exemption covers workers on intrastate legs of interstate journeys, consistent with the original meaning of 'engaged in interstate commerce.'
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Flowers Foods, Inc. v. Brock
Neil Gorsuch
Re-decided holding: The FAA §1 exemption covers workers on intrastate legs of interstate journeys, consistent with the original meaning of 'engaged in interstate commerce.'
Whether a worker who transports goods on an intrastate leg of an interstate journey qualifies for the §1 exemption of the Federal Arbitration Act without crossing state lines or interacting with vehicles that do.
Constitutional concerns with the original
- The majority's reliance on Commerce Clause precedents (e.g., The Daniel Ball) to interpret the FAA's language is probative but not a direct application of the statute's text; a stricter textualist would interpret 'engaged in interstate commerce' solely by its ordinary meaning at enactment, not by judicial gloss.
- The majority does not address whether applying the FAA to intrastate workers is within Congress's Commerce Clause power under the original meaning (which limited 'among the several states' to actual crossing of state lines), though the case does not raise a constitutional challenge.
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Bipartisan rationale
A textualist holding honors both parties' constitutional traditions: Democrats may appreciate the protection of workers' rights to litigate rather than be forced into arbitration, while Republicans may appreciate the clear, originalist rule based on the statute's text and contemporaneous understanding, avoiding judicial activism. Both sides can agree that the rule respects the separation of powers and the original meaning of the Commerce Clause.
Constitutional citations
- → Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (Commerce Clause)
- → Tenth Amendment (reserving to states powers not delegated)
- → Federal Arbitration Act §1, 9 U.S.C. §1
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