Posted on 04/11/2019 12:21:02 PM PDT by Ken H
Needs to solved by a joint session of the heads of congress.
Ooops. Justice Thomas, not Roberts.
The guy may have a long history as a corrupt Bush enforcer/fixer, but you can see he’s got the smarts and balls to handle the AG role itself.
A brilliant dissent.
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/545/1/#tab-opinion-1961868
[...] To evade even that modest restriction on federal power, the majority defines economic activity in the broadest possible terms as the “ ‘the production, distribution, and consumption of commodities.’ ”[Footnote 7] Ante, at 23 (quoting Webster’s Third New International Dictionary 720 (1966) (hereinafter Webster’s 3d). This carves out a vast swath of activities that are subject to federal regulation. See ante, at 8–9 (O’Connor, J., dissenting). If the majority is to be taken seriously, the Federal Government may now regulate quilting bees, clothes drives, and potluck suppers throughout the 50 States. This makes a mockery of Madison’s assurance to the people of New York that the “powers delegated” to the Federal Government are “few and defined,” while those of the States are “numerous and indefinite.” The Federalist No. 45, at 313 (J. Madison). [...]
And a shameful concurrence =>
“Where necessary to make a regulation of interstate commerce effective, Congress may regulate even those intrastate activities that do not themselves substantially affect interstate commerce.”
Scalia, Gonzales v Raich
I love the Cali law “You cannot grow weed where someone can see it”.
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