1. Constitutional Interpretation
The case is important because it indicates that the justices may be starting to reconsider the court's extremely expansive view of Congress' power to regulate based on the commerce clause. ... It argued that violent crime in or near schools harms the quality of education, causing graduates to be unprepared for gainful employment, thereby affecting interstate commerce, which Congress has the power to regulate. ... S. vs Lopez the Court, by a 5 to 4 vote, found unconstitutional a provision of the Gun-Free School Zone Act that made it a federal crime to possess a gun (even one that ne...
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