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Question of Sovereignty, A: Court Tightens Congressional Latitude in Use of the Commerce Clause
In recent years, the freedom Congress once had in using the commerce clause to justify federal action has again come under the Supreme Court's scrutiny. During the era of the Rehnquist Court, for example, the court overturned the Gun-Free School Zon...
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Legal Precedent: Federalism Decisions of Rehnquist Court, The
The vast majority of cases that arise in courts involve issues of statutory and administrative law rather than constitutional law. Toward the end of the Rehnquist Court there were a series of decisions in which states were granted immunity from fede...