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To: Wayners who wrote (19603)	9/23/2009 11:47:48 AM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	1 Recommendation Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 103300

The Constitution was written before the industrial revolution. It must be interpreted according to developments in the economy.

To: Wayners who wrote (19603)	9/23/2009 12:51:05 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

That makes a lot of sense to me, Wayne. (There could easily be some sort of reasonable "trigger amount" of business that it is necessary to do across State lines before federal preemption of State authority is triggered by the Supreme Court's interpretation of the Constitution's commerce clause. 'Incidental', or otherwise extremely minor amounts of 'commerce' should not trigger automatic federal preemption of State regulation.) I mean, damn... if even one penny, or one Dollar is all that is required to allow the feds to tromp in and over-ride all State regulations then there really is no limit of federal authority at all.... Seems silly, and quite contrary to the Founder's intent.