Thursday, June 09, 2005

Thoughts on the Medical Marijuana Ruling

Interesting thoughts on states' versus federal rights.

As Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in his dissent: "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." By "enumerated powers," Justice Thomas means the idea that the federal government can undertake only such activities as the Constitution explicitly permits.

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