On the Federalization of the Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice

constitutional notions ojJederalism cannot meet the changing needs oj society; Jederalism, like other ideas underlying our system, adapts to 45. The Supreme Court has upheld the application of a criminal statute prohibiting conduct of a type that affects interstate commerce to instances of such conduct having no connection with interstate commerce. Perez v. United States, 402 U.S. 146 (1971) (loan-sharking conviction upheld although defendant's con­ duct had no effect on commerce).