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Re:Microsoft is the first big company to say it's serving th... by DrScump on Thursday June 16, 2016 @06:34PM (#11919439)
FDR's Supreme Court blew the Commerce Clause open such that the Feds can regulate purely intrastate commerce as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn

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Re:Microsoft is the first big company to say it's serving th... by Redoubts on Friday June 17, 2016 @12:21AM (#11920670)
You don't even have to participate in commerce to participate in commerce.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzales_v._Raich

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Re:Microsoft is the first big company to say it's serving th... by anonbanker on Friday June 17, 2016 @07:19PM (#11926132)
in Thomas' dissent in that case, he states that the decision means that the commerce clause invalidates the 10th amendment, which is huge.
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Re:Microsoft is the first big company to say it's serving th... by yuubi on Thursday June 16, 2016 @08:15PM (#11919916)
It's worse than parent makes it sound: the conduct in that case was growing grain without permission, not for sale, but to feed to chickens on the same farm.
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