Cases Flashcards
Gonzalez v. Raich
Home-grown marijuana case. Raich cultivated medical marijuana with no intention of distributing or selling on the market. The court determined that Congress may regulate local activities that, taken in the aggregate, could rationally be seen as having a substantial economic impact on interstate commerce.
Marijuana is a fungible commodity that could be readily diverted into the interstate market. Congress’s attempt to regulate the interstate market for marijuana would therefore would have been substanitally undercut if it could nto also regulate intrastate possession and consumption.
United States v. Lopez
18 year old was arrested in school for carrying a loaded firearm, which was in conflict with the Gun Free School Zones Act of 1990.
Rule: Congress can not, as a means of fostering an educated interstate labor market through the protection of schools, ban the possession of a firearm within a school zone.
United States v. Darby
Darby was charged with violating the Fair Labor Standards Act (the Act) by failing to comply with minimum wage and hour requirements for employees. He challenged the violation, claiming the regulation on intrastate wages and hours did not fall within the commerce powers of Congress.
Rule: If the regulated intrastate activity has a substantial effect on interstate commerce, Congress may regulate the activity regardless of Congress’s motive.
NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.
Steel company had numerous office in multiple states. NLRB found J & L engaged in unfair labor practices by firing empoyees involved in union activities. The Court determined the federal government has the power to regulate local employment practices when intrastate activies could potentially have a significant impact on interstate commerce.
Note: The US was coming out of the Great Depression. Industrial strife in oe location could have a raditating effect elsewhere, which impacts the movement and production
United States v. Morrison
Women was raped by two men on VTech college campus. Two men were suspended for a year but punishment was overturned b/c it was thought to be too harsh.
Rule: Congress can not, in an effort to ensure full participation of women in the interstate economy, subject private individuals and companies to suit for gender-motivated violent torts.
Gibbons v.
Commerce Clause
Heart of Atlanta Motel
Interstate Commerice
Katzenblack
Restaurant and Commerce Clause
Child Labor Tax Case
Questions the constitutionality of the Child Labor Tax Law
Champion v. Ames
Lottery Tickets
Hammer v. Dagenhart
Child Labor Case
Carter Coal
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Marbury v. Madison
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District of Columbia v. Heller
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Martin v. Hunter
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