State and local administrative agencies long preceded the federal ICC

Evidence

Before 1887, also, there were many administrative agencies attached to state and local government. State railroad commissions preceded the ICC by many years. During the days of the Granger movement, midwestern states created agencies to regulate warehousing, grain elevators, and railroad freight rates. Most states had some sort of functioning insurance or banking commission before 1870. — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 2535

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Granger-era regulation summarized in earlier chapter highlights on Granger constitutions and anti-corporate sentiment. — connects to: American regulation moved historically from local to state to federal control — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 2547; State commissions of inquiry pre-ordain solutions and operate as morality tales extending state authority — Ann Laura Stoler, Along the Archival Grain_ Epistemic…, 812; Slave-code policing carried over into independent US state law — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project: A New American Origin…, 362 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• American regulation moved historically from local to state to federal control #corroborates (0.82) — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 2547
• Slave-code policing carried over into independent US state law #corroborates (0.78) — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project, 362
• State commissions of inquiry pre-ordain solutions and operate as morality tales extending state authority #complicates (0.75) — Ann Laura Stoler, Along the Archival Grain_ Epistemic…, 812
• Passports and security checks predate modern bureaucracy by centuries #corroborates (0.75) — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 786
• State constitutional policymaking involves federal and interstate courts as well as state institutions #qualifies (0.72) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 3368