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MALLORY v. NORFOLK SOUTHERN R. CO.

Opinion of Alito, J.

v. Superior Court of Cal., San Francisco Cty., 582 U. S. 255, 263 (2017).

Despite these many references to federalism in due process decisions, there is a significant obstacle to addressing those concerns through the Fourteenth Amendment here: we have never held that a State’s assertion of jurisdiction unconstitutionally intruded on the prerogatives of another State when the defendant had consented to jurisdiction in the forum State. Indeed, it is hard to see how such a decision could be justified. The Due Process Clause confers a right on “person[s],” Amdt. 14, §1, not States. If a person voluntarily waives that right, that choice should be honored. See Insurance Corp. of Ireland, 456 U. S., at 703; ante, at 2–3 (Jackson, J., concurring).

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The federalism concerns that this case presents fall more naturally within the scope of the Commerce Clause.[1] “By its terms, the Commerce Clause grants Congress the power ‘[t]o regulate Commerce … among the several States.’ ” Raymond Motor Transp., Inc. v. Rice, 434 U. S. 429, 440 (1978) (quoting Art. I, §8, cl. 3). But this Court has long held that the Clause includes a negative component, the so-called dormant Commerce Clause, that “prohibits state laws that unduly restrict interstate commerce.” Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Assn. v. Thomas, 588 U. S. ___, ___–___ (2019) (slip op., at 6–7); see, e.g., Cooley v. Board of


  1. Analyzing these concerns under the Commerce Clause has the additional advantage of allowing Congress to modify the degree to which States should be able to entertain suits involving out-of-state parties and conduct. If Congress disagrees with our judgment on this question, it “has the authority to change the … rule” under its own Commerce power, subject, of course, to any other relevant constitutional limit. South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., 585 U. S. ___, ___–___ (2018) (slip op., at 17–18); see also Southern Pacific Co. v. Arizona ex rel. Sullivan, 325 U. S. 761, 769–770 (1945).