Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “If Congress can regulate this under the Commerce Clause, then it can regulate virtually anything ... quilting bees, clothes drives, and potluck suppers throughout the 50 States.” ~ Justice Clarence Thomas (1948- ) U.S. Supreme Court JusticeSource: dissenting in Gonzales v. Raich, 545 U.S. 1 (2005), with respect to federal regulation of marijuana that had never been sold, had never crossed state lines, and had no effect on the national market