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FDR's Supreme Court blew the Commerce Clause open such that the Feds can regulate purely intrastate commerce as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._
by DrScump 10y ago
FDR's Supreme Court blew the Commerce Clause open such that the Feds can regulate purely intrastate commerce as well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn
- yuubi 10y agoIt's worse than parent makes it sound: the conduct in that case was growing grain without permission, not for sale, but to feed to chickens on the same farm.
- Redoubts 10y agoYou don't even have to participate in commerce to participate in commerce. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzales_v._Raich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzales_v._Raich
- anonbanker 10y agoin Thomas' dissent in that case, he states that the decision means that the commerce clause invalidates the 10th amendment, which is huge.