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The RePugs next Move is Set if ACA suffers any setback...
They will find a way to bring a case before SCOTUS designed to take down WICKARD v. FILBURN.Notwithstanding its limitations, Wickard v. Filburn has already spawned constitutional mischief. In 2005, the Court held that the Commerce Clause empowers Congress to prohibit the intrastate cultivation and possession of marijuana in Gonzales v. Raich. The Court concluded that Wickard and its progeny "foreclose" the contention that Congress's Commerce Clause powers cannot reach "a locally cultivated product that is used domestically rather than sold on the open market." Justice Thomas dissented, noting that, if Congress can reach a product that "has never been bought or sold, that has never crossed state lines, and that has no demonstrable effect on the national market," Congress can regulate anything.
From: http://spectator.org/archives/2012/03/14/wickard-v-filburn-time-for-it
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Just a little bit of opposition research.
