BLW 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Controlled Substances Act, Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act
15 Oct 2016
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Federal government arrested lopez under the gun free schools zone act of 1990: gun free schools zone act of 1990 made by congress because of national widespread gun violence in schools. 8 doesn"t give congress power to make gun laws. Congress claimed they could make the law because it involved interstate commerce: congress" argument, a gun is a thing, people pay for guns (that"s commerce, sometimes guns cross state lines (that"s interstate, thus, gun = interstate commerce. Supreme court rejected this reasoning and proclaimed gun free schools zone act of 1990 unconstitutional. Because of this case, interstate commerce was specified to have three components: channels of interstate commerce. Ex) stocks/stock market: activities that affect interstate commerce. Ex) factory pollution affects other businesses across state lines. Conclusions reached as a result of u. s. vs. lopez: gun laws must be left to be made by the states.
