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Growing wheat on your own land for your own use all within one state is regulated as interstate commerce because you didn't buy wheat produced in another state.
by anamax 3y ago
Growing wheat on your own land for your own use all within one state is regulated as interstate commerce because you didn't buy wheat produced in another state.
https://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1955/317us111 https://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1955/317us111
The explanation is: "Congress may use its Commerce Power to regulate or prohibit activities provided the economic effects of such activities are substantial."
Note that "substantial" is not wrt what an individual does but "what if everyone did that?"
- hellojesus 3y agoYes. I'm quite familiar with this blantant misinterpretation of the Constitution. The logic is flawed at its core. What if my friend tells me a joke? I may not go to pay to see a comdeian. That would have nth order effects on commerce as a whole. Honestly, Filburn v. Whitaker was my biggest wake up call that the US is a complete farce with absolutely corrupt checks and balances. Couple that with other outcomes like Hylton v. United States, where the SC argued that a clear direct tax was actually a usage tax and not subject to apportionment. Plenty of examples of SCOTUS relabeling an activity to say it's fine when it's in clear violation of the Constitution.