[Ken H]

So what do you think of the use of the expansive Commerce
Clause to impose national prohibition in the US?

[Meet the New Boss]

Justice Thomas had it right in his dissent to the Gonzalez case in 2005.

[andyk]

So what do you think of the use of the expansive Commerce Clause to impose national prohibition in the US?

Many FReepers love it. They would rather support complete restriction of light bulbs and low flow toilets than recognize individual liberty.

Many folks here love to use the commerce clause to prohibit activities that their own state laws could prohibit. I will bet you that your state anti-drug laws are borne from a concern of the individual, and not a command from the federal government which you chartered with your own blessing.