To: OneWingedShark; Arthur McGowan; Ken H
And it's been used to justify ignoring the Constitution in USSC rulings. (One of Scailia's blurbs justifying the excesses of the War on Drugs is a good illustration thereof by that particular case's name eludes me at the moment, sorry.) Are you thinking of this one? (Courtesy of Ken H.)
"Where necessary to make a regulation of interstate commerce effective, Congress may regulate even those intrastate activities that do not themselves substantially affect interstate commerce." --Justice Scalia, concurring in Raich v Gonzales
165 posted on
03/23/2015 12:32:53 PM PDT by
ConservingFreedom
(A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
To: ConservingFreedom; Ken H
"Where necessary to make a regulation of interstate commerce effective, Congress may regulate even those intrastate activities that do not themselves substantially affect interstate commerce." --Justice Scalia, concurring in Raich v Gonzales No, that's not it; but that's a pretty impressive example of what I mean.
(Thank you for finding it.)
168 posted on
03/23/2015 12:40:17 PM PDT by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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