Don Marti

Tue 07 Jun 2005 07:00:00 AM PDT

QoTD: Justice Clarence Thomas

Respondents Diane Monson and Angel Raich use marijuana that has never been bought or sold, that has never crossed state lines, and that has had no demonstrable effect on the national market for marijuana. If Congress can regulate this under the Commerce Clause, then it can regulate virtually anything–and the Federal Government is no longer one of limited and enumerated powers.

-- Justice Clarence Thomas