Legal Opinion
United States v. Lopez
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 26, 1995No. 93-1260PublishedCited by 2,676 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Rehnquist
In the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990, Congress made it a federal offense “for any individual knowingly to possess a firearm at a place that the individual knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, is a school zone.” 18 U. S. C. § 922(q)(1)(A) (1988 ed., Supp. V). The Act neither regulates a commercial activity nor contains a requirement that the possession be connected in any way to interstate commerce. We hold that the Act exceeds the authority of Congress “[t]o regulate Commerce . . . among the several States . . . .” U. S. Const., Art. I, §8, cl. 3.
On March 10,1992, respondent, who…
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