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Wickard v Filburn rearing its ugly ahead again.

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





Many of the ills currently befalling the US can be traced to the New Deal era. Including, of course, an HN favorite: our system of employer-sponsored health insurance.

I’m not a legal scholar but this seems pretty bone headed.

Which part?

The "The U.S. government had established limits on wheat production, based on the acreage owned by a farmer, to stabilize wheat prices and supplies." seems like quite the federal overreach never mind the court decision.


Mostly the decision but yeah it’s a double whammy of bad policy from congress and probably worse ruling from the court.



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