Justice Thomas statement questions Raich decision rationale regarding Supreme Court legalization of medical marijuana. Gonzales v Raich, 545 US 1, 5 2005. Standing Akimbo, LLC v United States about 26 USC Section 280E. Title 26, better known as the Internal Revenue Code.
An individual mandate to enter into a contract with or buy a particular product from a private party is literally unprecedented, not just in scope but in kind, and unconstitutional either as a matter of first principles or under any reasonable reading of judicial precedents.