It wasn't Civil Rights Act that did what you are thinking of. It's Wickard v. Filburn. The landmark case which cemented the Federal Government's ability to inte

It wasn't Civil Rights Act that did what you are thinking of. It's Wickard v. Filburn. The landmark case which cemented the Federal Government's ability to intervene in acts of intrastate commerce on the assumption of impact on interstate commerce. If you're actually concerned about a clear and present case of Federal overreach, focus on the actual source of the precedent in what is, as I understand it, the ultimate source of greatly exaggerated Federal reach. The Civil Rights Act is generally far less controversial in terms of adherence to the Constitutionally defined implementation process.