| ▲ | pdonis 4 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||||||||
In Wickard v. Filburn, back in 1942, they said the same thing for wheat. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | thaumasiotes 2 hours ago | parent [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
You say that like interstate commerce regulation was more egregious for wheat than it was for marijuana. But Raich is significantly more egregious: the theory on which the government won Wickard v. Filburn, that private consumption of wheat could affect the interstate market for wheat, doesn't even apply, because there can be no interstate market in a substance that is illegal to trade. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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