Betsy's Page: Federal hate crimes law

re: "...Why the federal government should be involved in crimes that don't touch on any federal activity is unclear unless we're back to the idea that the Commerce Clause covers all, a concept that the Rehnquist Court had tried to put the brakes on. But when has Congress ever worried about the limits of congressional power? / George Will writes on this subject and is scathing in his criticism of such feel-good votes as this one..."...