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To: TimF who wrote (21592)6/20/2006 3:09:28 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 543842
 
Some explanation of the issues involved in those cases.

article.nationalreview.com



To: TimF who wrote (21592)6/20/2006 3:21:39 PM
From: Ilaine  Respond to of 543842
 
Another 4-1-4 decision with Kennedy in the middle.

If Congress isn't satisfied with the way the case came down, easy enough to rectify -- after all, if Congress can regulate purely intrastate marijuana use, they can regulate purely intrastate land use -- and water that percolates through soil into tributaries of interstate waterways bears a stronger connection to interstate commerce than smoking homegrown dope in your own house.