[Ken H]

It is constitutional to make some things illegal. Crack cocaine, for example. When I say a decision is within the constitution, what I mean is that I agree with it and believe it from a constitutional perspective.

So where does the Constitution delegate to Congress the authority to dictate intrastate drug policy? Answer - Via the expansive New Deal view of the Commerce Clause. It is the same precedent that allows the federal govt to control health care, education, the environment etc. It has all but nullified the Tenth Amendment.

That's what you're signing on to when you support the Raich decision. Agreed?

[cuban leaf]

—That’s what you’re signing on to when you support the Raich decision. Agreed?—

No. I don’t agree. The federal government CAN control some intrastate activity. Slavery, for example.