[ExI] Neil Gorsuch

[Dave Sill]

On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 10:49 AM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

>
>
> With the current wackiness at the Federal level, one would think you would
> have become a big fan of states’ rights (as opposed to Federal.)  I have.
> Well, OK I always was.  Note that the nomination makes decisions at the
> Federal level, based on the US constitution, which doesn’t say anything
> about euthanasia or cryonics.  If states’ rights prevail, some of the 50
> states will allow euthanasia for cryonics patients.  In that sense this
> nominee is exactly who we want, ja?
>

That would be awesome, but, with the rampant abuse of the Commerce Clause,
there's basically nothing that's off limits to Federal regulation. Case in
point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzales_v._Raich, "a decision by
the United
States Supreme Court
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Supreme_Court> ruling that
under the Commerce Clause <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commerce_Clause>
of the US Constitution <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Constitution>,
Congress <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Congress> may criminalize the
production and use of homegrown cannabis
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_%28drug%29> even if states approve
its use for medicinal purposes
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_cannabis>".

-Dave
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