Clause and effect: a Commerce Clause case may limit Congress's power.
| Publisher | Reason Foundation |
| Publication | Reason |
| Subject | Humanities |
| Format | Magazine/Journal |
| ISSN | 0048-6906 |
| Issues per Year | 11 |
| Volume | v26 |
| Issue | n11 |
| Published | 1995-04-01 |
| Role | Type | Name |
| Author | n/a | Nick Gillespie |
Gun-ownership cases usually revolve around Second Amendment issues. But United States v. Lopez, currently under consideration by the Supreme Court, involves the 10th Amendment and the Constitution's Commerce Clause. Because Lopez may strongly limit Congress's ability to invoke its right to regulate interstate commerce, the decision may be one of the most far reaching in the post-New Deal era.
In 1992, Alfonso Lopez Jr., a 12th grader at Edison High School in San Antonio, Texas, broke the law by bringing a .38-caliber handgun to school. Although his action was illegal under Texas...
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