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To: An.American.Expatriate
Can the government force you to buy food, by denying you the right to grow your own?

It already did that - Wickard v. Filburn The farmer in that case was prohibited from growing food for himself because it would have "a substantial effect" upon interstate commerce. W v. F also needs to be overturned - and this case may be the mechanism for that. So I pray.

28 posted on 03/27/2012 1:08:02 PM PDT by Ancesthntr (Bibi to Odumbo: Its not going to happen.)
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To: Ancesthntr

Exactly, therefore my question to Roberts - how is being forced by the government to purchase a necessity any less intrusive than being forced by the government to purchase any non necessity?

IOW, how can Wickard (and Raich) stand if the court rules against Abomicare? Further, how can Social Security remain constitutional?


49 posted on 03/27/2012 2:44:25 PM 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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