[MileHi]

Except for a glimmer of sense in Lopez, the current rulings amount to saying that *everything* affects interstate commerce. Therefore the commerce clause is null and void, because if *everything* is included in the the clause, then there was no reason for the clause at all.

Current commerce clause rulings essentially say "ignore all other sections of this document" it seems to me.

[1010RD]

I think this is an opportunity to revisit Wickard and the absurdity born of it. Why have a CC if the federal (remember we don’t have a national government) government has unlimited powers to regulate every aspect of human life?

The important wedge here is that a sovereign state is acting and not just some lowly human. This will be a very important ruling.