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US v. Alfonso Lopez, Jr., 514 US 549 (1995)
The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of Lopez, holding Congress had exceeded its power under the Interstate Commerce Clause by passing the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990. According to the Court, the government's convoluted argument that the Act was intended to reduce violent crime, which would have an economic impact on commerce between the states.
Majority (for Lopez)
Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
Justice Antonin Scalia
Justice Anthony Kennedy
Justice Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Justice Stephen Breyer
Justice John Paul Stevens
Justice David H. Souter
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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