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To: brazzaville

This has nothing to do "with the will of the people." It has to do with the court's expansive (a la New Deal) interpretation of the Interstate Commerce clause.


295 posted on 06/06/2005 9:22:51 AM PDT by Austin Willard Wright
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To: Austin Willard Wright
Good morning.
"This has nothing to do "with the will of the people."..."

Actually, it has everything to do with the will of the People.

The decision uses the Justice's interpretation of the Interstate Commerce Clause as grounds for allowing the Federals to deny rights given to individuals within certain states by a majority of voting adults within those states.

Michael Frazier
343 posted on 06/06/2005 9:50:49 AM PDT by brazzaville (No surrender,no retreat. Well, maybe retreat's ok)
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