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|facts=The petitioner was raped at Virginia Tech by two members of the football team. She became severely emotionally depressed and stopped attending classes and eventually withdrew from the university. She filed suit against the members in the school’s administrative system, and one of the boys was suspended for two semesters. After a re-trial, the boy’s punishment was set aside by a vice president of the college, and the petitioner filed suit in federal court under the Violence Against Women Act of 1994. | |facts=The petitioner was raped at Virginia Tech by two members of the football team. She became severely emotionally depressed and stopped attending classes and eventually withdrew from the university. She filed suit against the members in the school’s administrative system, and one of the boys was suspended for two semesters. After a re-trial, the boy’s punishment was set aside by a vice president of the college, and the petitioner filed suit in federal court under the Violence Against Women Act of 1994. | ||
|issues=#Whether Congress has authority to enact the [[Violence Against Women Act]] of 1994 under the Commerce clause. | |||
|issues=#Whether Congress has authority to enact the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 under the Commerce clause. | |||
#More specifically, whether a statute that defines a crime of violence motivated by gender have a substantial relation to interstate commerce. | #More specifically, whether a statute that defines a crime of violence motivated by gender have a substantial relation to interstate commerce. | ||
|holding=The Act is unconstitutional. | |holding=The Act is unconstitutional. | ||
|rule=#Gender motivated crimes of violence are not economic in nature, and thus cannot be upheld under the [[Constitution_of_the_United_States#Commerce|Commerce Clause]] regulation. | |||
#Congress may not regulate non-economic, violent criminal conduct based solely on that conduct’s aggregate effect on interstate commerce. | |||
|rule=#Gender motivated crimes of violence are not economic in nature, and thus cannot be upheld under the Commerce Clause regulation. | |||
#Congress may not regulate | |||
The existence of congressional findings is not sufficient, by itself, to sustain the constitutionality of Commerce Clause litigation. | The existence of congressional findings is not sufficient, by itself, to sustain the constitutionality of Commerce Clause litigation. | ||
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Revision as of 18:31, November 27, 2022
United States v. Morrison | |
Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
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Citation | 529 U.S. 598 |
Date decided |
Facts
The petitioner was raped at Virginia Tech by two members of the football team. She became severely emotionally depressed and stopped attending classes and eventually withdrew from the university. She filed suit against the members in the school’s administrative system, and one of the boys was suspended for two semesters. After a re-trial, the boy’s punishment was set aside by a vice president of the college, and the petitioner filed suit in federal court under the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.
Issues
- Whether Congress has authority to enact the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 under the Commerce clause.
- More specifically, whether a statute that defines a crime of violence motivated by gender have a substantial relation to interstate commerce.
Holding
The Act is unconstitutional.
Rule
- Gender motivated crimes of violence are not economic in nature, and thus cannot be upheld under the Commerce Clause regulation.
- Congress may not regulate non-economic, violent criminal conduct based solely on that conduct’s aggregate effect on interstate commerce.