Quote Originally Posted by CLW View Post
#3 - In Interstate Commerce (Congress/Federal Government can ONLY regulate "interstate commerce" under the Constitution - this is known as the "Federal Jurisdictional Hook" this is at the heart of "Obamacare" litigation) (in this case basically it means that the contract/conpiracy must restrain trade between people/companies in different states)
I laugh every time I hear someone say this. Wickard v. Filburn killed any meaningful distinction between interstate and intrastate commerce. Even US v. Lopez dealt with something that was completely unrelated to commerce of any kind in a traditional sense....