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To: Crackingham
"Not only is it impossible to distinguish 'controlled substances manufactured and distributed intrastate' from 'controlled substances manufactured and distributed interstate' but it hardly makes sense to speak in such terms," he said. "As the court explains, tomatoes which are grown at home and possessed for personal use are never more than an instant from the interstate market and this is so whether or not the possession is for nutritional use or lawful use under the laws of a particular state."
38 posted on 06/09/2005 6:23:19 AM PDT by An.American.Expatriate (Here's my strategy on the War against Terrorism: We win, they lose. - with apologies to R.R.)
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To: An.American.Expatriate
"As the court explains, tomatoes which are grown at home and possessed for personal use are never more than an instant from the interstate market and this is so whether or not the possession is for nutritional use or lawful use under the laws of a particular state."

When the precedent the Court appeals to is almost identical to a reductio ad absurdum of the argument they used, it's a bad precedent.

45 posted on 06/09/2005 7:51:54 AM PDT by A.J.Armitage (http://calvinist-libertarians.blogspot.com/)
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