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tacticalogic, I'm sure you are right about the founders intent. If they wanted regulation of everything they would have expressed that in the enumerated powers. In fact, note that in the BOR they went to the trouble to express the idea that rights not listed in the BOR still are rights, the BOR is just some of the more important rights. This same logic can therefore refute the notion that powers not expressly given to the fedgov can be assumed by it as the people have all powers not ceeded to the federal government.

However, I the ICC was discovered (imagine that discovering something in a very clearly written document) after the War for Southern Independance, but prior to the New Deal. It was established in 1887. It is important to understand that prior to the US government establishing that the right of people to determine their government was invalid, there was no way states would allow fedgov to regulate their internal affairs on such a flimsy argument. As with most things fedgov does we accept this as being valid only because we have been subjected to it for so long. It is complete BS though.

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I know there was a increasingly liberal use of the ICC prior to FDR, but I think he was primarily responsible for bringing about the ubiquitous abuse of the clause that changed the fundamental balance of power between the state and federal governments.