Like many sports fans, I was no fan of artificial grass but couldn’t see what led Washington policymakers to believe they had the power to ban the stuff. It dawned on me that if the feds believed they had the right to ban artificial grass, they probably believed they had the power to ban or regulate any activity or product they didn’t like...<snip>Federal bureaucrats and elected officials have since justified that conclusion in hundreds of ways. Last month, the chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced at a “virtual” news conference sponsored by an amalgam of progressive public interest...