[john in springfield]

I always thought that the Commerce Clause was meant to allow the government to, um, regulate commerce between the states.

[TChris]

I always thought that the Commerce Clause was meant to allow the government to, um, regulate commerce between the states.

Simple-minded fool! ;-)

You must go to law school and learn that NOTHING means what it says in plain language, least of all the Constitution. It takes a LAWYER to decipher what the framers MEANT to write, dontcha know.