Just because it is strange doesn't mean it isn't true

I agree, which is why I said it’s strange instead of saying it isn’t true.

They absolutely do, because packets regularly bounce across state boundaries even if I am just sending a message to my next door neighbor. For example, my phone service provider is headquartered in a different state, so using their network to send an SMS message automatically creates an interstate nexus. If a US attorney wants to take over a case for reasons of professional or political advancement the argument is trivially easy to make.

Packets regularly crossing state lines doesn’t mean they always cross state lines.

Good luck representing yourself in federal court.

Weird take but ok. I understand the assumptions of the law don't always reflect reality. Why would I defend myself?

You claim that packets always cross state lines because sometimes they cross state lines. That's not a logically consistent statement.

From the dissent in Gonzales v. Raich:

> 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.

Much like the SEC is the meta-regulator par excellence as humorously documented as 'everything is securities fraud' by Matt Levine, the Interstate Commerce clause is the hat from which all rabbits and powers of legislation of the Federal Government gets pulled from nowadays, for what does not touch upon interstate commerce in an economy such as ours?