Gonzales v. Raich

Basically Wickard 2.0

  • Quintessentially economic activities—the production, distribution, and consumption of commodities—may still be regulated by Congress under the commerce clause.
  • Need only determine whether Congress had a rational basis for concluding that this activity, taken in the aggregate, substantially affects ISC
  • Necessary & proper clause interplay: regulating illegal drugs
  • From tthis case: local growth and consumption of weed, in the aggregate, held to substnatially affect ISC; thus Congress would regulate it.