Texas to Join Wyoming: Felony Charges for Enforcing New Gun Control

[Teufelhund]

Since Supreme Court precedent is that the commerce clause is broad enough power for regulation of firearms, the supremacy clause means that these state laws are a nullity. Worth zipola.

The SC's interpretation of the commerce clause providing congress with unlimited power to regulate anything they want is a flawed interpretation that flies in the face of everything else in that document. What else in the Constitution lends itself to unlimited power of Congress? There are 18 things Congress is allowed to do. They are written down in plain English so as not to be misconstrued.

If you've been in the military, you're familiar with Article 134 of the UCMJ. This is referred to as the "catch all" article. When you do something that pisses off someone with more stripes than you, and they can't find any other article it falls under, they nail you with 134. Despite popular belief, the Constitution does not have one of these in the commerce clause.

ETA: How did we get to this interpretation that the commerce clause grants unlimited power? The most profound socialist we've had in office prior to 2008. . .FDR:

[The Nuge]

The SC's interpretation of the commerce clause providing congress with unlimited power to regulate anything they want is a flawed interpretation that flies in the face of everything else in that document. What else in the Constitution lends itself to unlimited power of Congress? There are 18 things Congress is allowed to do. They are written down in plain English so as not to be misconstrued.

My High School Civics teacher told me that too.