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by bradleyjg 4804 days ago
That may be a plausible reading of the commerce clause in conjunction with the 10th amendment, but it is not the one currently in force.

In cases such as Wikard v Filburn and Raich v Gonzalez, the Supreme Court has held that Comgresses power to regulate extends to any activity which, in the aggregate, substantially effects interstate commerce. Such a test is trivially met by state laws forbidding the sale of automobiles directly from manufacturers to the public.