[robertpaulsen]

"In Federalist #33, he gave the example of the federal government restricting the power of state governments to tax, so as to preserve its own tax base, and said that a law like that would be clearly unconstitutional."

Yeah, I can see that.

"A complete prohibition on alcohol in order to assist with a prohibition of interstate transport of alcohol would be highly analogous to his example."

How about, "A complete prohibition on alcohol in order to assist with a prohibition of interstate transport of alcohol would be highly analogous to the 1968 GCA and the 1994 AWB. (Ooh. robertpaulsen hits a home run.)

The 1994 AWB was challenged on commerce clause grounds by Navegar and Penn Arms, but the USSC rejected it without comment.

A statute banning alcohol would have worked.

[inquest]

How about, "A complete prohibition on alcohol in order to assist with a prohibition of interstate transport of alcohol would be highly analogous to the 1968 GCA and the 1994 AWB. (Ooh. robertpaulsen hits a home run.)

Yes, and all of those would be analogous to Hamilton's example.