Wednesday, August 25, 2010

The Commerce Clause

Reason TV explains how the Constitution's commerce clause was corrupted:



It's no coincidence that the Supreme Court corrupted the commerce clause only after a majority of justices were confirmed by a post-17th Amendment Senate. This is even more evidence that the 17th Amendment destroyed the Constitution's delicate balance of power between the three branches.

3 comments:

Brian said...

John:

To add to your comment, the reader should try to get a hold of _The Irony of Populism: The Republican Shift and the Inevitability of American Aristocracy_, By Zvi S. Rosen; 18 REGENT U. L. REV. 271 (2006). Rosen explains the connection to the activist judges and the 17th Amendment.

I have a link to the summary, but didn't find a free copy on the web.

JohnJ said...

Whoa. Interesting.

I downloaded it through lexis. (Being in law school does have some advantages.)

Incidentally, when are you going to get on Twitter? You're never on yahoo anymore.

Brian said...

I don't know anything about Twitter...I'll have to get smart on using it.