… a constitutional amendment, it would have been one of the most significant constitutional amendments ever adopted. But they didn't do it that way. It was done by the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court, I believe, exceeded its authority, and by so doing Authorized the United States Congress to exceed its authority by interpreting 1 provision, clause 3 of article 1, section 8, the commerce clause, to give Congress the open ended power to regulate not just what it had theretofore been able to regulate as interstate commerce. Meaning up until that time, the Commerce clause had always been understood historically and according to its text. The text, the original understanding, it had always been understood and accepted as authorizing Congress to do a few things. (36:03–36:28)
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Asserts that the Supreme Court exceeded its authority by expanding Congress's power under the Commerce Clause.
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