The supreme court decided an Ohio farmer could not grow wheat on his own farm to feed to his farm animals because the commerce clause allows the federal government to regulate commerce within the states. I have increased the font size of the operative word for our myopic, and fascist acquaintances on the left. If not for this ruling, the war on drugs would not have happened.
Who is to blame for this? The great and infamous Democrat, FDR.
“to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and
among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.”
Following his reelection, President Roosevelt responded to these attacks on his legislation by proposing what is known as the “Court-packing plan,” which would have expanded the size of the Supreme Court from nine to up to fifteen justices. Although the plan was defeated and the composition of the Court soon changed, the proposal was credited with changing the Court’s view on New Deal legislation.
Now, along comes another infamous Democrat to try to further expand the commerce clause to also encompass not-commerce, i.e. you are engaging in interstate commerce if you, a private citizen, decide to NOT buy insurance
, a requirement under ACA.
That's right, according to our Democratic leaders you engage in commerce when you buy stuff and when you fail to buy stuff. Why, it seems as if the federal government wants complete power to regulate every decision made in every state. Welcome to the nanny state.