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Ok? The philosophical basis is only loosely correlated with the legal basis which is what the person you replied to asked.

Again look at the run around on the fourth amendment or the commerce clause ruling that made it so growing wheat for your own consumption was legally considered interstate commerce.

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I don’t think what you’re describing is a run around. The fourth amendment rulings and the interstate commerce rulings are logically consistent with the principles of the constitution:
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lol, don’t think we have the same mindset then.

The fourth is effectively gone in the digital age since so much activity is done via third parties who the government can compel to hand over your information.

And for the interstate commerce clause they twisted it to argue that completely _intrastate_ commerce was actually interstate commerce because you would have bought the goods from other states if you didn’t make it yourself[1].

I’m not even opposed to the ruling in terms of what the government should be doing, but you are being blind if you think that’s logically consistent. There’s no reason the constitution would specify “…to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.”

It would have just said they had the power to regulate commerce.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn

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