dictatorship of commerce

one interesting thing last night was chuck schumer's questioning roberts about the constitutionality of congress's use of the commerce clause. he essentially said: we regulate every aspect of the life of every american by interpreting even the tiniest gesture of the tiniest alaskan as affecting interstate commerce. (classic example: last year's raich case on med marijuana.) now, judge: you wouldn't regard this as a strained interpretation of the constitution, would you? i don't think anyone who doesn't have colossal powers of self-delusion doesn't understand that the commerce clause is a pretext, not a serious justification. of course roberts's answer: because that is likely to be before the court (over and over), i won't answer.