So the court recognized labor as "commerce" but not as an "item of commerce" in a hair-splitting twisting of words beyond their plain meaning worthy of the real Supreme Court.
The problem is that federal law explicitly declares that labor is not an item of commerce. Under Title 15, Section 17 of the Atlasian Code, "The labor of a human being is not a commodity or article of commerce." The same judgment is reflected by the New York Bill of Rights, which proclaims, "Labor of human beings is not a commodity nor an article of commerce and shall never be so considered."
Whether the Supreme Court's decision was right or wrong can be debated. Personally, I do not find the decision very convincing. But the vigorous attacks on the ruling as being totally unfounded, as unworthy of the Court, and so forth, are in my opinion excessive. Even those who oppose it should recognize a plain fact: the federal government, as well as the governments of several states, have declared their opinions that labor is not an item of commerce.
