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> The Internet is built atop private property. It's private property which crosses state lines, which is more than you can say for Wickard's wheat. Today ther
by anamax 16y ago
> The Internet is built atop private property.
It's private property which crosses state lines, which is more than you can say for Wickard's wheat.
Today there are relatively few constitutional constraints on regulation of interstate commerce.
- ataggart 16y agoFilburn's wheat. Wickard was the Secretary of Agriculture.
- javert 16y agoIs your username a reference to Atlas Shrugged? If so, I'm intrigued; if not, I apologize---I bet you get that a lot.
- javert 16y agoTBH, I need to re-read the constitution; it's been a long time. I think the original meaning has been greatly diluted by invalid re-interpretations over the years. Sometimes I make statements that overlook this, but I need to stop doing that.