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To: Victor

The whole point of this is to force a challenge to old rulings about interstate commerce, specifically the Wickard v Filburn decision, which greatly expanded the tentacles of the federal government.

The Montana law will be the one that gets the challenge to the high court first, but showing a trend among the states toward this type of law can influence the justices’ decisions on the matter.

Several justices have expressed interest in revisiting Wickard, so it isn’t inconceivable that a decision could go our way. Overturning Wickard would be a huge advancement for the cause of limited government and freedom.


9 posted on 03/15/2010 6:51:53 AM PDT by perfect_rovian_storm (The worst is behind us. Unfortunately it is really well endowed.)
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To: perfect_rovian_storm
"...specifically the Wickard v Filburn decision...."

Do you know the specifics of the case? This is very interesting...

17 posted on 03/15/2010 8:02:13 AM PDT by Victor (If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert." -David Ben-Gurion, the first Prime Minister)
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