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      "title": "Gonzales v. Raich: Congress\u2019s Power Under the Commerce Clause to Regulate Medical Marijuana",
      "summary": "In Gonzales v. Raich, the Supreme Court was presented with a conflict between California\u2019s state law, permitting the medicinal use of marijuana, and the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA). The Ninth Circuit had found the federal law unconstitutional \u201cas applied,\u201d concluding that its enforcement against medicinal users was beyond Congress\u2019s enumerated power to regulate interstate commerce. The Supreme Court reversed, concluding that Congress had a rational basis for concluding that leaving home-consumed marijuana outside federal control would substantially affect conditions in the interstate market. The Court, in reaching its decision, specifically relied on Wickard v. Filburn (1942), which held that Congress could aggregate the impact of individual actors on the interstate market to find a substantial impact on interstate commerce.",
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