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Good points. So what's wrong with seperation of powers? As you said, when too much power is concentrated, people will suffet. The commerce clause was obviously
by wallace_f 8y ago
Good points. So what's wrong with seperation of powers? As you said, when too much power is concentrated, people will suffet.
The commerce clause was obviously never intended to allow the federal government the powers it has today. At least in the case where state A is pointing a gun to your head and sending you to jail for growing medicinal marijuana for only personal use, when your state allows medicinal marijuana anyways, at least you can move with your feet to state B. As it is now this is not possible, because SCOTUS says that this falls under regulating commerce between states, somehow[1].
The only thing which the federal government should be allowed to do here is regulate the pollution externalities and commerce which literally crosses state boundaries.
1 - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzales_v._Raich https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzales_v._Raich
- craftyguy 8y agoYea, the commerce clause is ridiculously overpowered. Radio Lab/More Perfect did a great episode (1) a while back on this very topic that's worth listening to. 1) https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/one-nation-under-money/ https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/one-nation-under-money/