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What's left after 'Morrison'
The Journal analyzes the Supreme Court's tendency to "federalism jurisprudence." In particular, the story sheds light on the court's decision to strike down a provision of the Violence Against Women Act, which most states have endorsed. The struck down provision, known as Morrison, was "stemming from a suit by Christy Brzonkala against two Virginia Tech football players whom she accused of raping her."
Tags: commerce clause powers; Congress; federal government; state governments; Constitution
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Serving Up Civil Rights
Somewhere within the powers granted by the "commerce clause" of the constitution lies the right to keep restaurants from discriminating against customers and to regulate ponds on private property used by migratory birds. Ghannam reports on the changes to civil rights and other rights that might be effected if the commerce clause is weakened by the Supreme Court.
Tags: Kazenbach v. McClung; Civil Rights Act; aggregation doctrine; Heart of Atlanta Hotel v. US; US v. Lopez; US v. Morrison; Soild Waste Agency v. US Army Corps of Engineers; Gibbs v. Babbitt; commerce clause