Opinion ID: 446765
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Heading: Congressional Consent

Text: 26 Having found section 7613 repugnant to the Commerce Clause under the Hughes test, we turn to Maine's contention that the statute is nevertheless validated by congressional consent. 18 Under the doctrine of congressional consent, even statutes that discriminate egregiously against interstate commerce and foster the economic Balkanization that the Framers abjured, Hughes, 441 U.S. at 325, 99 S.Ct. at 1730, may be resuscitated at the will of Congress. See South-Central Timber, --- U.S. at ----, 104 S.Ct. at 2240. 19 The issue is what Congress has willed. 27 In its brief, the government points to the language and legislative history of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 as evidence that Congress has consented to section 7613. The statute provides in part: 28 It is unlawful for any person-- 29