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ive reading, even if permissible, would very likely exceed the Commerce Clause power as the Supreme Court presently construes it. In United States' Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995), the Supreme Court struck down the Gun- Free School Zones Act, holding that it exceeded Congress's Commerce Clause authority. I

meant what it said in Lopez, five years later, in United States Morrison, 529 U.S. 598 (2000), the Court struck down the civil remedy provision of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, ruling that it, too, was beyond Congress's Commerce Clause powers. Once again, the majority expressed concern that "Congress might use the

ation is addressed. After all, it is a first principle th t the Constitution creates a federal government of enumerated powers. See United Slates'. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549, 552 (1995) ("Just as the separation and independence of the coordinate branches of the Federal Government serve to prevent the accum

meant what it said in Lopez, five years later, in United Stalest Morrison, 529 U.S. 598 (2000), the Court struck down the civil remedy provision of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, ruling that it, too, was beyond :Congress's Commerce Clause powers. Once again, the majority expressed concern that ..Congress might use t

e reading, even if permissible, would very likely exceed the Commerce Clause power as the Supreme Court presently construes it. In United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995), the Supreme Court struck down the Gun- Free School Zones Act, holding that it exceeded Congress's Commerce Clause authority. I

ant what it said in Lopez, five years later, in United States v. Morrison, 529 U.S. 598 (2000), the Court struck down the civil remedy provision of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, ruling that it, too, was beyond Congress's Commerce Clause powers. Once again, the majority expressed concern that "Congress might use the

e reading, even if permissible, would very likely exceed the Commerce Clause power as the Supreme Court presently construes it. In United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995), the Supreme Court struck down the Gun- Free School Zones Act, holding that it exceeded Congress's Commerce Clause authority. I

ant what it said in Lopez, five years later, in United States v. Morrison, 529 U.S. 598 (2000), the Court struck down the civil remedy provision of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, ruling that it, too, was beyond Congress's Commerce Clause powers. Once again, the majority expressed concern that "Congress might use the