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dlcarriertoday at 2:35 AM1 replyview on HN

…And growing wheat on your own land to feed your own cattle somehow counts as interstate commerce, despite no commerce taking place and the wheat never leaving your property, let alone the state. (Wickard v. Filburn)


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gamblor956today at 3:30 AM

Wickard was growing wheat for interstate commerce. The case was about whether the additional wheat he grew for "personal" use was also part of interstate commerce.