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> What forbids Congress to use those monopoly grants for other purposes is the doctrine of enumerated powers. Except that said doctrine is mostly dead, thanks
by anamax 15y ago
> What forbids Congress to use those monopoly grants for other purposes is the doctrine of enumerated powers.
Except that said doctrine is mostly dead, thanks to the commerce clause, an expansive definition of "interstate", and "promote the general welfare".
- tomjen3 15y agoWhat? The Constitution gives the government the right to legislate to promote the general welfare? So they could compel people, with the treat of prison time, to exercise and eat healthy?