US+v+Lopez

Background: Lopez brought an unarmed gun and 5 clips to school to give to another person and in exchange would recieve $40. He said that the Safe Gun Free School Act of1990 was unconstitutional becasue Congress didnt have power to regulate public schools and inter commerce.

Dates: Argued November 8, 1994 Decided April 26, 1995

Outcome: 5-4 in favor of Lopez

Court: William Rehnquist Court

Aftermath: Congress went back and rewrote the Gun Free School Zones Act with the necessary interstate-commerce hook used in other Federal Gun Laws. The revised Federal Gun Free School Zones Act is currently in effect and has been upheld by several United States Appellate Courts.

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