Yes. It is true that people have "claimed" the CSA to be unconstitutional. People have also "claimed" that there is man-made global warming, too.
"Clearly false - any goods interdicted during a transfer across a state border have thereby been proven to be distributed interstate."
Correct. But only during the instant of the transfer. Goods on either side of the state border would be legal as there is no way to identify the origin of those goods. Which was the point of the finding.
"Purely speculative, as no attempt had been made before or since to control interstate traffic without instrastate control."
It was attempted with alcohol. The 1913 Webb-Kenyon Act made it a violation of federal law to ship an intoxicating beverage interstate. It failed. Miserably.
"So it was on a lark that they underwent the process of ratification by three-quarters of the states?"
A lark? Awww. I think you're funnin' with me.
No. The Anti-Saloon League insisted on a constitutional amendment, believing it would be harder to overturn by a weak-willed populace having second thoughts. Keep in mind, Jefferson banned the sale of alcohol to the Indian tribes without an amendment.
Yes. It is true that people have "claimed" the CSA to be unconstitutional. People have also "claimed" that there is man-made global warming, too.
Is the unconstitutionality of Roe v Wade - or Obamacare - also merely a "claim"?
Clearly false - any goods interdicted during a transfer across a state border have thereby been proven to be distributed interstate.
Correct. But only during the instant of the transfer. Goods on either side of the state border would be legal as there is no way to identify the origin of those goods. Which was the point of the finding.
Patent nonsense - find a vehicle full of pot with CO plates and registered in CO being driven by a CO resident in a neighboring state and you have plenty of ways to identify the origin of that pot.
Purely speculative, as no attempt had been made before or since to control interstate traffic without instrastate control.
It was attempted with alcohol. The 1913 Webb-Kenyon Act made it a violation of federal law to ship an intoxicating beverage interstate. It failed. Miserably.
According to President Nixon's National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse, "The lack of federal enforcement rendered the statute [the Webb-Kenyon Act] virtually meaningless."
Make that: no substantive attempt had been made before or since to control interstate traffic without instrastate control.
So it was on a lark that they underwent the process of ratification by three-quarters of the states?
No. The Anti-Saloon League insisted on a constitutional amendment, believing it would be harder to overturn by a weak-willed populace having second thoughts.
Do you have any evidence that this was their reason? I've looked and can't find any.
Keep in mind, Jefferson banned the sale of alcohol to the Indian tribes without an amendment.
No help for you there - regulating commerce with the Indian tribes is a federal power explicitly granted by Article I Section 8.