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Originally Posted by Locobot
As I pointed out several posts above, that the ICC was used to strike down nearly every Jim Crow law on the books. That's an aspect of this ruling that I do think works quite well and advanced our society (dare I say civilization) substancially.
Moosenose, you must realize that you're following the exact same line of argument used to defend every segregationalist law ever enforced and subsequentially dismantled by the Supreme Court. You're placing yourself in Birmingham 1963, not with Martin King or the SCLC but with the folks holding firehoses and german shepards.
If you're comfortable with this I accept it, but will refuse further discourse with you. If your desire truly is to weaken the power of the Federal government to the point of allowing the return of Jim Crow then I am telling you it will require secession. I personally refuse to live in such a country.
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There was already constitutional authority on the books to eradicate segregation and the Jim Crow laws WITHOUT the use of the ICC. I suggest you read the 14th Amendment. The fact that the ICC was used to strike down Jim Crow shows just how expanded Wickard made the ICC.
BTW, you are not SERIOUSLY suggesting that if it weren't for Wickard, we'd still have Jim Crow, are you?