Something Justice Thomas wrote during Gonzeles - v Raich has stuck with me. His Posted: Feb 9th, 2019 - 3:59 pm In Reply to: Just pause for a minute and think about what our country - would look like if Hillary was President
dissent stated basically this ruling had the effect of blowing down any remaining barriers to federal control over things as minor, as Justice Thomas wrote in dissent, as church suppers.
What we have is approaching a nation-state.
"Respondents Diane Monson and Angel Raich use marijuana that has never been bought or sold, that has never crossed state lines, and that has had no demonstrable effect on the national market for marijuana. If Congress can regulate this under the Commerce Clause, then it can regulate virtually anything—and the Federal Government is no longer one of limited and enumerated powers."
That's how we got Obamacare.
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