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July 19, 2008

Worst Supreme Court Case?

Paul Gowder wants to know: "What's the most destructive Supreme Court case that's still good law?

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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

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?

Wickard v. Filburn ranks right up there, that's for sure.

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