United States v. Hemani · ¶65

As an original matter, the Commerce Clause authorizes Congress only “to regulate the buying and selling of goods and services traffcked across state lines.” Gonzales v. Raich, 545 U. S. 1, 58 (2005) (Thomas, J., dissenting). It gives Congress no power to regulate “activities wholly separated from business, such as gun possession.” Lopez, 514 U. S., at 599 (Thomas, J., concurring). “[T]he power to regulate `commerce' can by no means encompass authority over mere gun possession, any more than it empowers the Federal Government to regulate marriage, littering, or cruelty to animals, throughout the 50 States.” Id., at 585.

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