United States v. Bailey

REVISED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS For the Fifth Circuit No. 95-50721 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff-Appellant, VERSUS KEITH DOUGLAS BAILEY Defendant-Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court For the Western District of Texas June 12, 1997 Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, and SMITH and DUHÉ, Circuit Judges. JOHN M. DUHÉ, JR., Circuit Judge: We consider for the first time the reach of Congress’s authority to enact under the Commerce Clause the Child Support Recovery Act, 18 U.S.C. § 228, which makes it a federal crime to “willfully fail[] to pay a past due support obligation…