Legal Opinion
United States v. Frank Lafayette Bird
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 24, 1997No. 95-20792PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
Appellant, an abortion protester, appeals his conviction for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. He challenges the authority of the Congress to enact a statute under the Commerce Clause that proscribes intrastate, noncommercial activity and he raises First Amendment challenges to the scope of the Act and to the terms of his supervised release. Because we find that *670there was a sufficient basis for the Congress to have determined that the activity proscribed by the Act, though intrastate, could have a substantial affect on the…
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