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To: tacticalogic

Shoot. Repeal the Commerce Clause itself if you have to. Shove the beast back in it’s box. And yes, a reversal of Wickard would have me whistling for weeks.


10 posted on 01/08/2010 8:46:57 PM PST by Still Thinking (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: Still Thinking
Shoot. Repeal the Commerce Clause itself if you have to. Shove the beast back in it’s box. And yes, a reversal of Wickard would have me whistling for weeks.

I don't think we want to repeal it. A reading of the Federalist Papers and other supporting documents reveals that within it's originally intended scope and context, it is arguably necessary for the national government to have that power.

11 posted on 01/08/2010 8:58:52 PM PST by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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