[supercat]

What, legislating an intrastate activity (using the power of the Necessary and Proper Clause) that has a substantial effect on the interstate commerce that Congress is regulating is not a necessary consequence of the text of the Commerce Clause?

Can you identify ANY item or activity that Congress could not arbitrarily regulate or ban under your interpretation of the commerce clause?

[robertpaulsen]

"Can you identify ANY item or activity that Congress could not arbitrarily regulate or ban under your interpretation of the commerce clause?"

Well, let me see. Congress has the power to regulate commerce among the several states.

Nope, I see no restrictions there, other than the fact that Congress is responsible to the voters who put them there and may just as easily remove them.