In the Supreme Court case US v. Darby (1941), whether or not the recently passed Fair Labor Standards Act (1938) was actually legal. A lumber company in Georgia was charged with violating aspects of that law.The federal government's argument for the FLSA was that all states should have a united system of labor practice (worker protection laws). Since the wood Darby's company was producing was being sent to other states, the Commerce Clause gave the government the power to regulate labor laws.The defense for the lumber company was that since the Constitution did not specifically indicate labor protection as one of the federal government's powers - then labor laws should be reserved as a state power.The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the federal government and declared Amendment 10 to be a truism. Which of the following best explains WHY the court ruled in their favor?

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