[Bigun]

How would Hamilton have reacted to Wickard?

He would probably have welcomed it.

[Huck]

Wickard

Hell, Scalia recently used Wickard in his opinion upholding the war on marijuana, to the delight of the majority of "conservatives." The modern "conservative" movement is for the most part Hamiltonian, which is to say, big government nationalist. They only seem to be for limited government because the opposition is the socialist party.

[Publius]

I'm not sure Hamilton would have welcomed Wickard. What Hamilton wanted was a vigorous Executive running a vigorous federal government that aided the commercial and speculative classes in their all-important goal of making money. If a vigorous federal government could help them make money, fine. However, he would not have wanted a vigorous federal government getting in the way of making money, and he would never have wanted a vigorous federal government nationalizing and running entire industries, especially the banking industry, which was near and dear to his heart.