Question
The Gun-Free School Zones Act made it illegal for Individuals knowingly to carry a gun in a school zone. The Supreme Court determined this act to be an unconstitutional stretch of the commerce clause in A MoCulloch v. Maryland (1819) B Citizens Unitedv. Federal Election Commission (2010) C New York Times Companyv. United States (1971) D United States v. Lopez(1995)
Answer
4.1
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Nolan
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Answer
D
Explanation
The Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 was a federal law in the United States that prohibited any unauthorized individual from knowingly possessing a firearm at a place would be aware that it was a school zone. The only prosecutorial activity pursuant to the Gun-Free School Zones Act of which the author is aware was United States v. Lopez, where the law was overwhelmingly applied. A high school student in San Antonio, Texas, Alfonzo Lopez, had been convicted after bringing a handgun to school. His conviction was based on possession of a firearm in a local school zone, a federal law established by the Gun-Free School Zones Act. The Supreme Court of United States, in its ultimate judgement, held that Congress did not have the power to regulate this under the interstate commerce clause, because possession of a firearm in a local school zone is not an economic activity that has a substantial effect on interstate commerce. Therefore, the law was an unconstitutional stretch of the commerce clause, in violation of the local school autonomous governance.