We can only pray that someday a conservative court will rule that way, and the entire New Deal will be cut from our system of government like the cancer that it is.
Sad to say, Thomas and Rehnquist (and what's her name) are dead-on. The Commerce Clause is the issue, and it involves commerce AMONG THE STATE, not within a state. The Necessary and Proper Clause reference by Scalia, who is brilliant, seems misplaced to me. I fear it's a dangerous idea to say that once the federal government regulates, it's free to regulate to the bitter end because it's necessary and proper to do so to maintain is regulatory scheme.