Law 101: The Commerce Clause, FDR & original intent By Ellis Washington

With the exception of the Religion Clauses of the First Amendment, perhaps in the history of American constitutional law has so much mischief been wrought by the Supreme Court than in Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, the so-called, "Commerce Clause." On Feb. 5 of this year, President Bush submitted to Congress a $2.9 trillion dollar budget, most of whose spending is possible due to a perverse interpretation of the Commerce Clause over the past 70 years dating book to FDR's first term (1933) and his socialist take over of government called the New Deal.

Like all constitutional law, in the beginning it all seemed so simple, so sublime, so logical – but as time passed, Machiavellian presidents, ambitious congressmen, activist judges, humanist academics and the ubiquitous "special interest groups" all had a hand in perverting the original intent of the Constitution.

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