Certainly.
LOL, certainly? Judging from you prior response and this one on the matter, it's not certain at all that you'll join me.
But I hope you'll understand, I'm leery of folks who are willing to support violations of some parts of the Constitution, such as the original Commerce Clause and the Tenth Amendment.Well, you'll have to pardon me for thinking you'd rather argue about making drugs legal than join others in eliminating a very dangerous and threatening policy.
As for your interpretations of our Constitution, it seems to me you have a railroad tie in your eye, and are trying to get the splinters out of every elses eyes. I do apprecaite your willingness to help though. Well, okay..., I don't.
It’s not within the enumerated powers of Congress to ban or restrict simple possession of illicit drugs within the borders of a state. Period. (Gonzales v. Raich and its predecessor, Wickard v. Filburn, were wrongly decided.) So your bringing up other, quite different, area that are with Congress’ Commerce Clause power is irrelevant.
No. Congress is delegated that authority under the power to regulate foreign commerce and to repel invasions.
How about their immigration policies, do they set them?
I believe that power was delegated to Congress by I.9.1, if memory serves.
Do states set their own tariffs, and trade policies?
Congress was delegated that power under I.8.3 (foreign commmerce), and states are expressly forbidden to do so.
Can the federal government even federalize their national guard troops?
Yes. Congress shall have power...
To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
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The federal government has set drug policies so that they are uniform between the states. The federal laws on drugs have been judged to trump state laws.
Would you tell us which section of the Constitution you believe delegates to Congress the authority to regulate intrastate drug policies?