SPEA-J - Public And Environmental Affairs SPEA-J 301 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Tokyo Convention, Homicide, Posse Comitatus Act
28 Aug 2016
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The fed. gov. doesn"t have inherent police power & is limited to enacting criminal laws. If an activity involves more than one state, congress may regulate it by either criminal or civil laws power to regulate commerce in article 1. If an activity is solely w/in a single state, it can be regulated by the state or local community, but not the fed. gov. Us v. lopez: the federal conviction of a boy that brought a gun to school was invalid b/c schoolyards are not ordinarily part of interstate commerce. Crimes that affect interstate or international trade or communication. Crimes committed in places beyond the jurisdiction of any state. Crimes that interfere w/ the activities of the federal. J301 chapter 2 the death occurs in connection w/ a federally punishable bank robbery an american citizen is killed anywhere in the world under the. Ex: a child is missing & may have been kidnapped.
