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" Section 922(q) is a criminal statute that by its terms has nothing to do with "commerce" or any sort of economic enterprise, however broadly one might define those terms. "
Safeguarding Americans from a Legal Culture of Fear: Approaches to Limiting ... - Page 179
by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 2004 - 221 pages
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Fundamentals of American Law

New York University. School of Law - Law - 1996 - 738 pages
...concerned with unconstitutional economic activities. The Court held that the Gun-Free School Zones Act, 'by its terms has nothing to do with "commerce" or...enterprise, however broadly one might define those terms'.17 This decision will have little if any effect on the threat of guns in and near schools since...
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Nature and Threat of Violent Anti-government Groups in America: Hearing ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime - Political Science - 1996 - 328 pages
...Rehnquist, writing for the majority, noted that the law was "a criminal statute that by its terms ha[d] nothing to do with 'commerce' or any sort of economic...enterprise, however broadly one might define those terms."7 Further, he noted, the statute lacked any jurisdictional element that would require prosecutors...
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Competitive Change in the Electric Power Industry, Part 1

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources - Competition - 1997 - 388 pages
...legislation regulating that activity will be sustained, [case citations omitted) Section 922(q) is a criminal statute that by its terms has nothing to...enterprise, however broadly one might define those terms. Section 922(q) is not an essential part of a larger regulation of economic activity, in which the regulatory...
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Law and the Environment: A Multidisciplinary Reader

Robert V. Percival, Dorothy C. Alevizatos - Law - 1997 - 468 pages
...problem regulating economic or commercial activity. He emphasized that the Gun-Free School Zones Act had "nothing to do with 'commerce' or any sort of economic...enterprise, however broadly one might define those terms" [id. at 1630-31]. Citing with approval Model v. Virginia Surface Mining & Reclamation Assn., Inc. [452...
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The Changing Politics of Gun Control

John M. Bruce, Clyde Wilcox - Law - 1998 - 294 pages
...v. Lopez, 19). Writing for the majority, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist even noted that the act "by its terms has nothing to do with commerce or any...enterprise, however broadly one might define those terms."5 The four justices in the minority — John Paul Stevens, David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg,...
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Affirmative Action: Catalyst Or Albatross?

S. N. Colamery - Affirmative action programs - 1998 - 344 pages
...activity—firearm possession within a school zone— was beyond Congress* constitutional reach since it had "nothing to do with 'commerce' or any sort of economic...enterprise, however broadly one might define those terms."107 The Court rejected the Government's "cost of crime" argument as an overexpansive theory...
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Real Federalism: Why it Matters, how it Could Happen

Michael S. Greve - Federal government - 1999 - 232 pages
...wheat production, even for home consumption, is '"commerce," whereas the Gun Free School Zones Act "by its terms has nothing to do with "commerce' or...enterprise, however broadly one might define those terms."6 Even this distinction, however. turns murky. Rejecting Justice Rehnquist's assertion that...
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Religious Liberty Protection Act of 1998: Hearing Before the ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - Political Science - 1999 - 334 pages
...of the gun nor any other commercial transaction was relevant. The Court emphasized that the offense "has nothing to do with 'commerce' or any sort of...enterprise, however broadly one might define those terms," 514 US at 561, and that the offense "is in no sense come Security Act (ERISA), 29 USC § 1003 (1994)...
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Religious Liberty Protection Act of 1998: Hearing Before the ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - Political Science - 1999 - 338 pages
...of the gun nor any other commercial transaction was relevant. The Court emphasized that the offense "has nothing to do with 'commerce' or any sort of...enterprise, however broadly one might define those terms," 514 US at 561, and that the offense "is in no sense come Security Act (ERISA), 29 USC 8 1003 (1994)...
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Product Liability: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Law - 1999 - 130 pages
...Congress' Commerce Clause authority over product liability.46 Not only was the law at issue in Lopez "a criminal statute that by its terms has nothing to do with 'commerce' or any sort of economic enterprise,"47 it also sought to regulate purely local activity (possession of a firearm within 1,000...
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