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United States v. Lopez

SCOTUS · Decided Decided

Case Overview

First case in sixty years to strike a statute as beyond the commerce power: possessing a gun near a school is not economic activity. The start of the federalism revival and the three-category framework still used.


CourtU.S. Supreme Court
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Historical/Teaching TMR-eb757123 -
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