Worst Supreme Court Case?
Paul Gowder wants to know: "What's the most destructive Supreme Court case that's still good law?"
« Facebook Post Sends Man to Prison | Main | Gerry Spence Has a Blog? »
Paul Gowder wants to know: "What's the most destructive Supreme Court case that's still good law?"
Wickard v. Filburn. All federal economic interventionism (not to mention quite a bit of federal criminal interventionism, including Raich) derives directly from it. And its reasoning is unquestionably the just-plain-dumbest consequentialist rationalizing in the history of Supreme Court jurisprudence.
The Ten Worst Supreme Court Cases
Posted by: KipEsquire | July 19, 2008 at 04:26 PM
I was going to say the same case. Wickard v. Filburn. Seriously, if the government can tell me I can't grow carrots in my backyard because of the negative aggregate effect, where's the limit?
Posted by: Publius | July 19, 2008 at 08:59 PM
Wickard v. Filburn ranks right up there, that's for sure.
Posted by: Greg May | July 26, 2008 at 10:40 AM