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Revisiting limits (or the lack thereof) to the federal government's Commerce Clause authority in light of the Ninth Circuit's delta smelt decision
March 27, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION
Author: Brandon Middleton Friday's decision from the Ninth Circuit to uphold the federal government's delta smelt water cutbacks against PLF's Commerce Clause challenge was based on a 2005 Supreme Court case, Gonzales v. Raich, 545 U.S. 1 (2005). In Raich, the Court held that federal regulation of noncommercial, intrastate produc ...