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If you want further detail, look up Wickard v. Filburn. An activity taking place within one individual's property in a single state can be regulated under the
by amalcon 5y ago
If you want further detail, look up Wickard v. Filburn. An activity taking place within one individual's property in a single state can be regulated under the interstate commerce clause, so long as a case is made that it affects interstate commerce. Sounds wild, and it is, but the dependency graph is such that we can't change that now without upsetting the whole cart.
- abecedarius 5y agoEven wilder: the other day I ran across https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzales_v._Raich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzales_v._Raich which apparently held that growing marijuana, for personal use under state law, is also interstate commerce. Is there anything at all that isn't interstate commerce?
- amalcon 5y agoI mean, that's basically Wickard v. Filburn 60 years later and with a different plant. It actually seems downright reasonable if you accept Wickard as settled law, which it is.