Police power was something meant for the states, not the Federal. Excesses like this are a good reason to advocate for originalists to SCOTUS. Thankfully, United States v. Lopez (1995) started to reverse things a little.
United States v. Lopez (1995) hopefully started cutting back on such a laughable decision. Can you think of any behavior which doesn't in some indirect way affect interstate commerce? If the founding fathers had…
It will be interesting to see what happens if a recreational drug user mounts a defense based on the 10th amendment -- that the federal govt has no jurisdiction over intrastate drug use. 100 years ago, we thought a…
Police power was something meant for the states, not the Federal. Excesses like this are a good reason to advocate for originalists to SCOTUS. Thankfully, United States v. Lopez (1995) started to reverse things a little.
United States v. Lopez (1995) hopefully started cutting back on such a laughable decision. Can you think of any behavior which doesn't in some indirect way affect interstate commerce? If the founding fathers had…
It will be interesting to see what happens if a recreational drug user mounts a defense based on the 10th amendment -- that the federal govt has no jurisdiction over intrastate drug use. 100 years ago, we thought a…