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|subject=Constitutional Law | |subject=Constitutional Law | ||
|appealed_from=U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit | |appealed_from=U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit | ||
|case_treatment=No | |||
|facts=Lopez, then a 12th-grade student, carried a concealed handgun into his high school. | |facts=Lopez, then a 12th-grade student, carried a concealed handgun into his high school. | ||
|procedural_history=Lopez was charged with violating the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990. He challenged the act as beyond the scope of congressional power under the commerce clause. | |procedural_history=Lopez was charged with violating the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990. He challenged the act as beyond the scope of congressional power under the commerce clause. |