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  • Discussion on the intent of the Commerce Clause

    01/05/2010 7:57:42 AM PST · 264 of 264
    Mojave to publiusF27
    I have not tried to disprove that point, only to show that it relies on the reasoning in Wickard

    It stands on its own. Untouched so far.

  • Discussion on the intent of the Commerce Clause

    01/05/2010 7:56:16 AM PST · 263 of 264
    Mojave to TigersEye

    Wrong. (And predictably explanation free.)

    Manufacture precedes sale. Regulation of manufacture facilitates the regulation of sales. The assertion that the power of Congress to regulate commerce does not include manufacture is unsustainable, per Madison.

  • Discussion on the intent of the Commerce Clause

    01/05/2010 6:33:47 AM PST · 262 of 264
    publiusF27 to Mojave
    In the case of marijuana, the Court noted in Raich that given the fungible nature of the illicit drug that there was no way for Congress to know in advance whether any given manufacture of marijuana would enter interstate commerce, so that regulation of the manufacture was necessary for Congress to control the sale that such manufacture would precede.

    I've never seen that point disproved.


    I have not tried to disprove that point, only to show that it relies on the reasoning in Wickard, where aggregation and substantial effects were combined. What you are saying is that while a given individual might grow his own cannabis for personal medical use in compliance with the laws of his state, others similarly situated might sell it, and while one or two wouldn't affect anything, millions would. That's exactly the reasoning in Wickard, and even Scalia can't escape it.