The Commerce Clasue is undoubtedly one of the, if not THE, most abused and twisted elements of federal overreach. Conservatives and libertarians rightly rail against such abuse, while statists and Dems/lbs LOVE it.
Therefore, if anyone supports federal regulation of cannibus without a Constitutional Amendment, the rightful response is "Et tu, Brute?" Congratulations...you are a philosophical cousin of Nancy Pelosi, Hillary, Obama, the New Deal, the left wing of SCOTUS, Obamacare-lovers, and pretty much every two-bit left wing/Dem since the 1930s who tried to regulate away the right to keep and bear arms.
Once we have an honest admission about the legal mechanism, we can discuss the medical and social costs/benefits of cannibus, alcohol, tobacco, coffee, etc.
“Once we have an honest admission about the legal mechanism,...”
If we had an honest admission about the legal mechanism ... we would (re)discover the Constitution is actually one of limited powers to the federal government. The whole leftist-nanny state would implode (Medicare, Social Security, EPA, OSHA, federal gun laws, etc etc). That will not happen in my lifetime. That being said, incrementalism might happen if the GOP/right learn from how pot deconstructed a federal law by the states, and use its legal arguments and precedence on other federally mandated leftist laws. Then one day in the future, people might rediscover the original Constitution.
“Once we have an honest admission about the legal mechanism,...”
If we had an honest admission about the legal mechanism ... we would (re)discover the Constitution is actually one of limited powers to the federal government. The whole leftist-nanny state would implode (Medicare, Social Security, EPA, OSHA, federal gun laws, etc etc). That will not happen in my lifetime. That being said, incrementalism might happen if the GOP/right learn from how pot deconstructed a federal law by the states, and use its legal arguments and precedence on other federally mandated leftist laws. Then one day in the future, people might rediscover the original Constitution.
Exactly right, Bob!
Show us where the Constitution allows Congress the power to prohibit ANYTHING, from marijuana to incandescent light bulbs. Prohibition is the perfect example of how to exceed Constitutional limits legally.
A majority vote in Congress DOES NOT grant new and amazing powers but I think that lesson needs repeating.