Quote from Justice Clarence Thomas 

"If Congress can regulate this under the Commerce Clause,
then it can regulate virtually anything ... quilting bees,
clothes drives, and potluck suppers throughout the 50 States."

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Justice Clarence Thomas
(1948- ) U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Source:
dissenting in Gonzales v. Raich, 545 U.S. 1 (2005), with respect to federal regulation of marijuana that had never been sold, had never crossed state lines, and had no effect on the national market
 
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