[wagglebee]

Commerce Clause and the 14th Amendment among other things.

[ChrisInAR]

That's what I thought....you sound just like the Democrats when they stretch the original meaning of the Commerce Clause to the point where it means anything you want it to mean.

The fact of the matter is this: the powers of the federal government are, as James Madison said in Paper #45 of The Federalist Papers, "FEW & DEFINED". Article I, Section 8 lists the crimes that the federal government has the authority to punish, & the 10th Amendment leaves to rest to the states -- & they can be as severe or as lenient as they so desire.

[djsherin]

Commerce Clause and the 14th Amendment among other things.

It’s one thing to say my argument doesn’t have any traction in today’s world, and certainly most people are ignorant of original intent and what the Commerce Clause was supposed to ensure. But it almost seems as if you support an expansive view of the Constitution; a “living, breathing” document if you will. Ah, but then you would be a liberal, and as you state in post 74, this IS a conservative forum.

[LowCountryJoe]

You can justify your desire for statism in the constitution? How conservative of you.