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It was sixteen years ago last month that the U.S. Supreme Court, in the case of Gonzales v. Raich (2005), ruled that the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801) did not exceed the power of Congress under the Commerce Clause as applied to the intrastate cultivation...
A growing number of states are defying the federal marijuana ban, not only by easing their own laws, but by actively cooperating with marijuana growing, processing, and use. Many contend that pot should be a state, rather than a federal, concern. The U.S. Supreme...
by Jeff Matthews Federal Health Insurance Mandates: Why You Can’t Oppose them and Support Federal Marijuana Bans at the Same Time. Is there any limit to what the Commerce Clause allows Congress to do?  Let’s take a look at the Commerce Clause, which states,...
by Michael Boldin The following is based off a speech I gave at the first annual Tenth Amendment Summit in Atlanta, GA on February 26, 2010. How can a “crazy†Californian and a “conservative†Georgian be friends? It’s simple – through the principles of...