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I don't get the "interstate commerce" connection that would give the federales jurisdiction. I thought underage drinking was a local issue.

[Balding_Eagle]

I don't get the "interstate commerce" connection that would give the federales jurisdiction. I thought underage drinking was a local issue.

Rush went through that one day.

If my memory is correct(and I may be WAY off) it goes like this:

In 1938 a farmer wanted to use some of his wheat as seed, instead of cattle feed, and did so. Someone ( the feds I think) sued him because farmers were prohibited by federal law from selling wheat accross state lines for seed.

However, this farmer not only DIDN'T cross state lines, he used it on his own land within the same county.

Hell hath no fury like a Fed spurned.

The Feds took it up the court ladder, eventually to SCOTUS. SCOTUS was corrupt way back then already, and ruled that the farmer was in fact engaged in interstate commerce.

The interstate commerce clause has been successfully used by the Feds ever since.

I welcome anyone with a better understanding to correct any errors I've made.

[TheBattman]

I don't get the "interstate commerce" connection that would give the federales jurisdiction. I thought underage drinking was a local issue.

This was STATE ATF, not feds....